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After Twin Centuries at Headingley, Pant’s Somersaults Draw Surgeon’s Caution

His surgeon praises the precision of the celebration, warning that it carries needless risk for his surgically repaired knee.

India's Rishabh Pant celebrates reaching his century.
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Overview

  • Rishabh Pant became the first Indian wicketkeeper-batter to score centuries in both innings of a Test when he compiled twin hundreds at Headingley in June 2025.
  • He returned to India’s Test side after a 14-month layoff and intensive National Cricket Academy rehabilitation following his December 2022 car crash.
  • On January 6, 2023, Dr Dinshaw Pardiwala performed a complex four-hour operation to reconstruct three ligaments and repair tendons and meniscus in Pant’s right knee.
  • Teenagers Nishu Kumar and Rajat Kumar, bus conductor Paramjit Singh Nain and driver Sushil Kumar pulled Pant from the blazing wreck and summoned emergency services.
  • Dr Pardiwala acknowledges Pant’s gymnastics-honed agility behind the somersaults but deems the celebration unnecessary and potentially harmful to his recovery.