Rishabh Pant was left in splits after a Twitter user trolled Delhi Capitals for the social media post they made for the wicketkeeper-batter after his IPL 2024 return was confirmed on March 12.
Pant is all set to make his return to the field for the first time since December 2022 when he was involved in a car accident. DC took to social media to hype up the return with a graphic of Pant, with a message saying ‘Tiger returns.’
A fan of Pant wasn’t particularly happy with the graphic and voiced his displeasure on X. The user @div_yumm responded by saying that he could would have made a better post and joked that Pant would go back to driving his car after seeing it.
“Isse achha me banake de deta bhai , ye dekh kr wapis car chalane chal jayega wo (I would have made a better one than this. After seeing this, he will go back to driving his car),” said the user.
Pant would see the humurous side in the message from the fan and responded to it as well with two laughing emojis.
Pant declared fit by BCCI team
The BCCI released a medical statement on Pant on March 12 and stated that the wicketkeeper-batter will be fit for the 2024 edition of the IPL.
“After undergoing an extensive 14-month rehab and recovery process, following a life-threatening road mishap on December 30th, 2022, near Roorkee, Uttarakhand, Rishabh Pant has now been declared fit as a wicket-keeper batter for the upcoming TATA IPL 2024,” the BCCI said in its release on Thursday.
This completes an incredible turnaround for the 26-year-old, who had been undergoing an intense rehab and recovery process. BCCI secretary Jay Shah was hopeful that Pant would play a part in the upcoming T20 World Cup for India as well.
