“I was wrongly accused. So why should I stop myself?” Mohammed Shami reveals how he dealt with mental health issues in past

He said his family supported him, and he also supported himself by not caring about what people were saying about him.

“I was wrongly accused. So why should I stop myself?” Mohammed Shami reveals how he dealt with mental health issues in past

Mohammed Shami (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

Mohammed Shami has become the cynosure of all eyes after the 2023 ODI World Cup. Though India dealt with a heartbreaking defeat to Australia in the final, Shami emerged as the highest wicket-taker with 24 scalps from seven matches despite missing a couple of games earlier in the tournament.

During an interview with PUMA, Shami talked about various subjects, including how he started playing for Bengal after giving trials for UP. He opened up about his mental health struggles in the past and revealed how he dealt with them. He did not specifically mention which incident he was talking about though.

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I was disturbed a lot for four to six days. My family supported me. I thought that I needed to start from the beginning. There will be ups and downs in life. You can't always make the person in front understand the things. When you try to arrange things, the opposite happens. I did not have any such thing as people running away after murder.

Shami said during interview with PUMA.

He added:

I was wrongly accused. So why should I stop myself?

Shami further said that he met with an accident and, despite other problems, he did not run away and faced those problems. He said his family supported him, and he also supported himself by not caring about what people were saying about him.

Mohammed Shami is the fifth-highest wicket-taker of all time in the World Cup

As mentioned before, Mohammed Shami scalped 24 wickets in the recently concluded World Cup. Overall, Shami has bagged 55 wickets from 18 innings, with his best figures being 7/57, which he recorded in the semifinal against New Zealand.

Mohammed Shami
Mohammed Shami (Image via ESPNcricinfo)

The 33-year-old now stands fifth on the list of bowlers with the most wickets in the history of the World Cup. Glenn McGrath tops the list with 71 wickets, followed by Muttiah Muralidaran (68), Mitchell Starc (65), and Lasith Malinga (56).

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