Former Australian cricketer Michael Clarke has revealed that he was involved in a horrible road accident shortly after the conclusion of the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2026, describing the accident as one of the most frightening experiences of his life. Clarke, who had been part of the tournament's broadcasting team, was travelling to the airport after the final when the accident took place. Clarke noted that he was a passenger in a vehicle that collided with a semi-trailer truck. 

"Interesting trip home, to say the least. Let me start by saying thank God for good people in India. That's why I made it home safely," Clarke said on the Beyond23 Cricket Podcast.

"I was asleep. I fell asleep after the game, travelling. Obviously, I was a passenger; I wasn't driving. Then I woke up to virtually the front half of the car being under a truck," he said.

"The driver explained to me that the brake lights on the truck weren't working. So my driver had hit the truck up the backside. Again, it was a big semi-trailer, and our car had gone underneath."

"The car's certainly written off," he said.

Clarke said that the impact was so severe that the front section of the vehicle had partially lodged beneath the truck. He also revealed that the driver was so scared that he initially refused medical attention. 

"I was really concerned because he was so scared. It wasn't his car; he worked for the company. I said to him, 'You should go to hospital.' He said, 'No, no, no.' I don't know; I'm hoping he ended up going to the hospital. When we hit the truck, the front end of the car sort of pushed into both of our legs. I got away with some bruises, [but] I definitely think he had a little break in his leg," Clarke said.

"Everyone at the BCCI, everybody there, they've been checking in on him, and they've been checking in on me. They've been unreal. So I'm very grateful for that," he said.