TOI has discovered that BCCI’s panel of medical doctors have had a gathering with medical doctors treating Pant in Dehradun and it’s been made up our minds that the remedy on his ligament will most effective be handled by way of BCCI’s scientific crew.
“It has been conveyed to Pant’s family members and doctors in Dehradun that his ligament treatment will be overseen by BCCI. Pant will be discharged from Dehradun hospital after staying observation. After that, he will be assessed by BCCI’s doctors in Mumbai and further treatment will be decided. It could happen abroad as well,” a BCCI source told TOI on Friday evening.
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Pant’s injury could impact India’s chances of qualifying for the World Test Championship final later in the year. India’s four-Test series against Australia at home next week holds the key. Pant has been a crucial cog having turned the course of Test matches for India in the last two years.
“The team management had already decided that he would not have played any of the T20Is or ODIs against the touring Sri Lanka and New Zealand teams over the next month. He was supposed to reach National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru on Jan 6 for strengthening his knee. He was told that he was needed fit for the Australia series and then the subsequent ODI series before the IPL. He was already carrying the niggle. The accident may have aggravated it,” the supply added.
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BCCI will first assess the grade of the harm and make a decision at the process remedy. Pant and Indian enthusiasts can have their arms crossed that he recovers in time for the Australia collection and the IPL. But that might seem like a miracle.
