Watch: Shah Rukh Khan gets emotional while speaking about Rishabh Pant, calls Delhi Capitals captain 'winner’

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2 min read 30 Apr 2024, 12:48 PM IST

Shah Rukh Khan has said that young players similar Rishabh Pant are similar his son. He recalled the clip erstwhile helium watched the video of the Delhi Capital captain's car crash.

Actor and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) co-owner Shah Rukh Khan greets Delhi Capitals' skipper Rishabh Pant aft KKR won the Indian Premier League (IPL) T20 cricket lucifer betwixt Delhi Capitals and Kolkata Knight Riders, astatine Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium, successful Visakhapatnam, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar) (PTI Photo/R Senthilkumar)

Shah Rukh Khan has spoken astir Rishabh Pant, the skipper of Delhi Capitals (DC). Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), owned by Khan, secured a comfy triumph successful the IPL clash against DC connected April 29. During the KKR vs DC lucifer astatine the Eden Gardens, Star Sports released a video connected societal media. In the video, King Khan is seen speaking astir the DC captain.

“I was horrified. I saw that car video. It was horrifying. Because we didn’t instantly cognize the result of that accident," Shah Rukh, successful the video, is seen speaking astir Rishabh Pant’s December 2022 car crash.

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“You get the worst feeling. To me, boys of this property are similar my ain son. I person a fewer similar those successful my team. I anticipation they’re not hurt. When a sportsman gets hurt, it’s treble jeopardy. It’s worse than you oregon I getting injured," SRK says successful the video.

“Rishabh is simply a winner. I privation him each the best. I’m blessed that he’s backmost and he’s playing well. I anticipation helium keeps playing well," Khan adds.

Rishabh Pant’s mishap and recovery

On December 30, 2022, Rishabh Pant met with a car mishap adjacent Roorkee that crashed the vehicle. Shortly earlier it caught fire, the young cricketer managed to determination retired of the car with the assistance of section residents.

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While Pant managed to get retired alive, his cricket vocation seems to beryllium successful jeopardy arsenic 1 of his knees got reportedly twisted by 90 degrees. It happened during his rescue arsenic his limb needed to beryllium straightened successful bid to get him retired of the vehicle.

Many see it nary abbreviated of a occurrence that Pant, aft 15 months of his accident, was declared acceptable by the Board of Control for Cricket successful India (BCCI). Then, helium started playing successful the IPL 2024. While captaining DC, helium has made 398 runs successful 11 matches and is the highest run-scorer for his team.

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Published: 30 Apr 2024, 12:48 PM IST