Indian wicketkeeper batsman Rishabh Pant surprised the whole world with his explosive comeback after 2024. After a long struggle of about 14 months, Pant returned to the field and showed what a real warrior is. As for his comeback, he has been nominated for the Laureus World Sports Award 2025, one of the world’s largest sports awards, in the “Comeback of the Year” category.
Let us tell you that after the horrific car accident in the year 2022, Rishabh Pant made a comeback in 2024 in a bang and also became the T20 World Cup champion with the Indian team. His comeback surprised the whole world, because everyone felt that he would not be seen on the field at least that year.
Rishabh Pant’s Unbelievable Return to Cricket
On 30 December 2022, Rishabh Pant had a car accident while going from Delhi to Roorkee. This accident reduced his car to ashes. After this accident, Pant suffered knee ligament injury, wrist and ankle injury and deep cuts on the head. Doctors said that it might take a long time for him to return to the field, but he did not give up.
The Horrific Accident and Road to Recovery
Pant surprised everyone by returning to IPL 2024 after just 14 months. Doctors had said that he would not even be able to practice cricket for about 18 months, but he proved everyone wrong.
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Rishabh Pant’s IPL 2024 Comeback
It is worth noting that Rishabh made a comeback for Delhi Capitals against Punjab Kings on 23 March in IPL 2024 and also took over the captaincy in that match played in Mullanpur. However, he could not do anything special in that match and returned to the pavilion after scoring 18 runs in 13 balls. His team also had to face defeat in that match.
Laureus Comeback of the Year 2025 Nominees
One of the most prominent sports awards in the world, the Laureus World Sports Award 2025, has nominated six players in the Comeback of the Year category. Below we are going to tell you the list of those players.
- Rebeca Andrade (Brazil) – Gymnastics
- Caeleb Dressel (USA) – Swimming
- Lara Gut-Behrami (Switzerland) – Alpine Skiing
- Marc Marquez (Spain) – Motorcycling
- Rishabh Pant (India) – Cricket
- Arianne Titmus (Australia) – Swimming
Sachin Tendulkar’s Laureus Moment
Former legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar was honored with the Laureus Sporting Moment Award (2000-2020) in 2020. This award was given to him for the memorable moment when his teammates carried him on their shoulders and took him around the field after winning the 2011 World Cup.
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Let us tell you that in the 2011 World Cup, the Indian team won the title by defeating Sri Lanka in the final match, which was also the last ICC tournament of the great Sachin Tendulkar. After this title win, the Indian players carried him on their shoulders and took him around the field, which has been one of the most memorable moments in cricket history.
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