<p>New Delhi: Dashing Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant revealed that he was reluctant to visit the airport after his life-threatening injury as he was apprehensive about facing people while wheelchair bound.</p>.<p>The 26-year-old had suffered multiple injuries following a near-fatal car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway in December, 2022.</p>.Gautam Gambhir backs Rishabh Pant as India's first-choice wicketkeeper at World Cup.<p>He miraculously cheated death but the injuries required a major knee surgery and an extensive rehabilitation about which Pant has already opened up.</p> <p>"The accident was a life-changing experience for me. When I got up after it, I wasn't even sure if I would be alive, but God was very kind to save me," Pant said on <em>Dhawan Karenge</em>, a talk show hosted by Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan.</p>.<p>"I couldn't go to the airport because I was nervous about facing people in a wheelchair. I couldn't even brush my teeth for two months, and for six to seven months, I suffered unbearable pain," Pant recalled.</p>.<p>However, the flamboyant batter returned to action after 14 months in the recently concluded IPL, giving glimpses of his devastating best. </p>
<p>New Delhi: Dashing Indian wicketkeeper-batter Rishabh Pant revealed that he was reluctant to visit the airport after his life-threatening injury as he was apprehensive about facing people while wheelchair bound.</p>.<p>The 26-year-old had suffered multiple injuries following a near-fatal car crash on the Delhi-Dehradun highway in December, 2022.</p>.Gautam Gambhir backs Rishabh Pant as India's first-choice wicketkeeper at World Cup.<p>He miraculously cheated death but the injuries required a major knee surgery and an extensive rehabilitation about which Pant has already opened up.</p> <p>"The accident was a life-changing experience for me. When I got up after it, I wasn't even sure if I would be alive, but God was very kind to save me," Pant said on <em>Dhawan Karenge</em>, a talk show hosted by Indian cricketer Shikhar Dhawan.</p>.<p>"I couldn't go to the airport because I was nervous about facing people in a wheelchair. I couldn't even brush my teeth for two months, and for six to seven months, I suffered unbearable pain," Pant recalled.</p>.<p>However, the flamboyant batter returned to action after 14 months in the recently concluded IPL, giving glimpses of his devastating best. </p>