Former India player and chief selector MSK Prasad believes Rishabh Pant’s horrific car accident in 2022 has helped him in his career
to evolve mentally. Pant was out of action for over a year but made a stunning recovery, and has sealed his place again as an all-format player. He returned to action in the 2024 Indian Premier League (IPL) season for the Delhi Capitals (DC) as well.
“After the injury, he has become more responsible. He had a year to sit back and introspect. God gave him a second life, and he has realised that, and now that realisation is reflecting in his game and life. The way he was talking to Sarfaraz, guiding and encouraging him to play lofted shots. He was rotating the strike with him, giving continuous pep talks, shouting at him, and guiding him in the Bengaluru Test,” MSK Prasad said in an interview with the Times of India.
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“The recovery period has really taught Pant a lot. At some stage in someone’s career, there is always a turning point. The injury has done more good to Pant than harm,” he added “When I personally spoke to Pant, he said he has become a bit philosophical. He discussed his life post-injury and what he learned from the period he spent bedridden after that horrific accident. He has become philosophical. He takes more responsibility now, and he is more caring towards life. Such changes have come in Pant. He looks more mature now,” he again said.
Meanwhile, Rishabh Pant’s dismissal on 99 made a spark among fans and pundits as he failed to score a hundred.
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“Why are we calling it the nervous 90s? Do you think it is nervous 90s? He might be getting out, but I don’t think it is nervous 90s. If someone is nervous, he will not get out in the 90s so many times. He is not someone who is bothered about hundreds or anything. Pant is a player who doesn’t play for stats. If there was any nervousness in his batting, he wouldn’t have converted all his 90s into 100s,” MSK Prasad concluded.
