Urgent surgery behind Rishabh Pant’s Mumbai shift, could be ruled out of action for six months
It’s also learnt that given the nature of the injuries, Pant is expected to take “more than four months” to recover and about six months to return to the pitch. This means the star wicketkeeper-batsman will miss the white-ball series against Sri Lanka and New Zealand, the home Test series against Australia and the IPL.
A top BCCI official, who is the point person in touch with the board’s medical experts, said Pant’s ligament tear is similar to the one that all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja suffered last year.
“Every player’s body is different but looking at his (Pant) report, our doctors say the ligament injury is like the one Jadeja suffered. As per the reports we received from Dehradun, we were told that Pant would need surgery as early as possible. It looks like he will take more than...