The wicketkeeper-batsman is understood to have been traveling to see his mum for a surprise visit when, police say, he fell asleep momentarily.
Police at the scene of the accident, near Roorkee in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand. Pic: APIndian cricket star Rishabh Pant is facing the prospect of a lengthy injury spell after a horror car crash that forced him to punch his way out of the vehicle when it burst into flames.
Police in the northern state of Uttarakhand said the wicketkeeper-batsman told officers he had"dozed off" while at the wheel of the car, believed to be a Mercedes, in the early hours of Friday morning.Despite multiple injuries, Pant managed to break a window and escape when he realised it was on fire, police added.
India's cricket board said in a statement that the 25-year-old had suffered cuts to his forehead, torn a ligament in his right knee and hurt his right wrist, ankle and toe.He also had many abrasion injuries on his back, it said. "Rishabh's condition remains stable, and he has now been shifted to Max Hospital, Dehradun, where he will undergo MRI scans to ascertain the extent of his injuries and formulate his further course of treatment," BCCI secretary Jay Shah said.