BCCI President Sourav Ganguly on Tuesday (April 6) mentioned that Indian cricketers are more tolerant than their overseas counterparts in phrases dealing with psychological stress as he acknowledged the problem the strict bio-secure environments pose for the gamers.
“I feel we Indians are a bit more tolerant than overseas (cricketers). I’ve played with a lot of Englishmen, Australians, West Indians… they just give up on mental health,” mentioned Ganguly throughout the digital unveiling of the Mpower psychological healthcare centre in Kolkata.
“In the last six-seven months, with so much cricket being going on in the bio-bubble, it’s tough. Just going from the hotel room to the ground, handle the pressure and come back to the room and then get back to the ground again, it’s an absolutely different life,” mentioned the previous India captain.
Ganguly took the instance of the Australian group deciding to not undertake their tour to South Africa as a result of worry of Covid-19.
“Look at the Australian team. They were supposed to go to South Africa for a Test series after India played in Australia. But they refused to go to,” mentioned Ganguly.
“There’s always this scare of Covid, as the players feel ‘hope it’s not me the next time’. You have to stay positive, you have to train yourself mentally. All of us have to train ourselves mentally so that the good things happen. It all boils down to training,” Ganguly mentioned.
The former India skipper additional recalled the largest setback in his profession when he was stripped of his captaincy in 2005 and was ultimately dropped however solely to make a splendid return.
“You simply need to take care of it. It’s the mindset that you simply get into. Life has no ensures, be it in sport, enterprise or no matter. You undergo ups and downs. You simply need to chunk the bullet. Pressure is a large factor in everyone’s life. All of us undergo completely different pressures.
“When you play your first Test, it is the stress of creating your self established and making the world know that you simply belong at this degree.
“And when you go to that level after playing many number of matches, it’s about keeping up the performances. A little bit of blip and it doesn’t stop people from scrutinising you and that adds to athletes in a long way,” he added.
(With Agencies inputs)
