Published 14:56 IST, March 7th 2023

Injured Rishabh Pant shares intriguing post with a chessboard, leaves fans guessing

While it will still take months for Rishabh Pant to put on his cricketing shoes back again, in the meanwhile Pant is enjoying another sport.

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Rishabh Pant, who suffered a life-threatening car crash in January is slowly recuperating from injuries sustained because of accident. 25-year-old gave his fans a sigh of relief when he posted a picture of himself along with an encouraging mess about his progress in February. While it will still take months for him to put on his cricketing shoes again, in meanwhile Pant is enjoying ar sport.

On Monday, Delhi Capitals skipper took to Instagram to furr update his fans about his status and posted a couple of stories. In first story, Pant left a still of a chessboard with caption "Can anyone guess who's playing". And in second story, he left a brief video of breeze that's blowing around him. In this post, Pant could be seen sitting with his right leg still covered in dressing. 

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When will Rishabh Pant make his comeback?

After enduring a car crash that reportedly tore all three key ligaments in his knee, and for that he underwent surgery. recovery time would be long thus, Pant has alrey been ruled out of IPL 2023. In his absence, a new captain will be anunced by franchise. As for his return to Team India, Pant has alrey missed ongoing Border-Gavaskar series, for which fans have been regularly giving him tribute. While he is set to miss most of season, fans are hopeful of his ultimate return in ICC World Cup 2023. world cup will be played later in year. However, even if Pant were to be available for selection after six months, re is a chance that he may t have eugh match practice under his belt, which could rule him out for selection for ODI World Cup 2023. So, while he is recovering quickly, re are positive signs of him returning soon. Thus, let's see when he returns. As for updates, as Rishabh Pant is quite regular on social media, thus, it is expected that he will constantly provide updates to fans about his recovery from time to time. 

14:56 IST, March 7th 2023