Australian cricket legend Ricky Ponting recently spoke to fans about his own experiences with mental health as he spoke about the struggles Virat Kohli has recently faced.
Virat Kohli, who has previously been vocal about the importance of mental health awareness, was forced to take a break and recover before returning to competitive play at the most recent Asian Cup. Kohli’s need for rest, now less than a century old, was what triggered the cricket hiatus.
When Virat Kohli confessed to his mental health problems, the cricket community was shocked. Like any other player in India, Kohli must have felt the weight of the world on his shoulders, as his fans wanted him to produce much more in the coming years. asian cupespecially after recently going through a prolonged drought.
When India was eliminated from the T20 World Cup 2021 after defeating their closest rivals Pakistan in the opening game, everything for Kohli started to unravel. Following this, Kohli resigned as captain of the T20 and the BCCI later stripped him of his ODI captaincy. He also stepped down from his position as test captain in January 2022.
What I was doing was putting pressure on myself: Ricky Ponting
During a discussion on the ICC Review, Ricky Ponting acknowledged that he had been in a similar scenario in the past, albeit on a much smaller scale. However, Ricky Ponting informed fans and Kohli that dealing with such challenges was a natural part of life.
“In a way I dealt with it in the last two years of my job, where my career abruptly declined… It was almost as if the more I worked, the worse I got.”
I was so focused and aware of being flawless and doing things perfectly, believing that I needed to do that to get the most out of myself, but all I was doing was putting pressure on myself and not allowing myself to play the game the way I normally do. . he played it. I think there is also something of that in Virat”.
“It’s human nature when things don’t go your way, you try harder, you try harder, and the harder you try, the harder it gets.” Ricky Ponting affirmed.
Kohli returned to cricket after a month’s break. This was his second such break from international cricket in four months.
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