“It could have been a lot worse. By the grace of god, we are okay and I am talking to you,” he told PTI. “I had gone to drop my nephew but a massive truck hit my car from behind around 9.30pm. Thank god it [his] was a big car, else there could have been injuries.
“I initially thought just the bumper would be broken but the car is badly damaged.”
On December 30 last year, Pant was hospitalised after the accident, near Roorkee in Uttarakhand. The accident took place when Pant was driving to Roorkee. His car, which was severely damaged in the accident, is reported to have hit the divider on the road and subsequently caught fire. He hasn’t played cricket since and is expected to return to the field only next year.
Praveen also made some vital contributions in his limited time in Test cricket. He was India’s highest wicket-taker on their tour to England in 2011, picking up 15 wickets in three Tests, including figures of 5 for 106 that got him on the Lord’s honours board. He sparkled briefly in T20 cricket as well, studded by an IPL hat-trick for Royal Challengers Bangalore against Rajasthan Royals in 2010.
He runs a real-estate business and a restaurant back home in Meerut.
