Watch: Rishabh Pant begins batting practice, video goes viral

Rishabh Pant has kicked off his batting practice as he was seen playing some fine shots at an event organised by JSW on the eve of Independence Day on August 15. As he hit the big shots, he received loud cheers from the audience at the ground.

Notably, this is the first time since the car accident, that took place in December 2022, that Pant has been seen batting on the field. Since that event, Pant has been prohibited from playing professional cricket and went through numerous surgeries to heal the injuries he sustained.

In a video that quickly became popular on social media, Pant was seen playing confidently in a Bengaluru local match. At the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, where he had been undergoing his rehabilitation, Pant has started batting and keeping, according to the most recent official update from the BCCI, which was published on July 21. But this is for the first time in more than eight months that Pant walked out into the cricketing field to bat.