Shikhar Dhawan explains viral ‘don’t overspeed’ video including Rishabh Pant

At this point, Rishabh Pant is nursing his injuries post the near-fatal accident in December last year. For the first two months, he was in the hospital and was operated on. Early this month, he was discharged from the hospital and returned home. Pant has been ruled out of the upcoming Indian T20 League 2023. David Warner will lead the Delhi franchise in Pant’s absence.

Meanwhile, after the accident, a video of Shikhar Dhawan urging Pant to drive carefully resurfaced on social media. For the unversed, a few years back, the former had asked Pant to drive carefully during one of the seasons of the Indian T20 League. Speaking of the video, the left-hander Dhawan said that he saw how Pant drives a car

“I saw him drive once, I am happy that Rishabh managed to survive that accident. He is recovering well. I keep talking to him. I saw him drive once and told him to drive cars slowly. I didn’t even remember that interview, I don’t know how it cropped up on social media.

It’s not like Rishabh Pant drove rashly: Shikhar Dhawan

Furthermore, the 2013 Champions Trophy winner said that he spoke his heart on that day. He also mentioned how he himself used to drive rashly during his younger. Dhawan added that it is important to keep their adrenaline rush in check.

“I spoke my heart that day. But when you are 20-21, you have that extra enthusiasm in your life… it’s not like Rishabh drove his car rashly, at that age, I have also driven rashly. Many others would have done the same. At these times, you have to keep your adrenaline rush in check, it’s important. Yes, I did give him advice,” he added.

Meanwhile, Dhawan will lead the Punjab franchise in the upcoming season. He has replaced Mayank Agarwal, who was relieved from the job and is ow with Hyderabad.