- Kohli has played in 31 ODIS (including the 2011 ODI World Cup) and 17 events with Tendulkar between 2009 and 2013.
UPDATED FEBRUARY 20, 2021 08:07 AM IST
India’s captain Virat Kohli, who revealed he went through a slump while touring England in 2014, said a mental health conversation with legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar ‘opened up’ his mind.
Kohli said that Sachin advised her not to fight negative feelings and instead let them pass because fighting only strengthens those feelings.
“I also had a talk with him about the mental side of things and what he told me was, in cricket, what he experienced was if you are going through a strong negative feeling and if that is getting into your system regularly, it’s better. let it go. If you start fighting that feeling, it gets stronger. So that’s the advice I took and my mindset really opened up from that point on, “Kohli told renowned broadcaster Mark Nicholas on the latter’s podcast. . ‘Not just Cricket’ according to ANI.
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Kohli has played in 31 ODIS (including the 2011 ODI World Cup) and 17 events with Tendulkar between 2009 and 2013.
The captain of India said he did not know how to overcome negative feelings during that tour of England in which he averaged 13.50 in the Test series.
“I did (I felt depressed). It’s not a great feeling when you wake up knowing that you won’t be able to score any runs and I think every hitter has felt like at some point or another you’re not in control of anything at all. And you just don’t. you understand how to get over it. I think when you look back at a very difficult phase, you realize that you had to go through that phase completely to be able to understand what is wrong and rectify and move forward and open up to change. That was a phase where I literally couldn’t do anything to reverse what was happening. I felt like the loneliest guy in the world, “Kohli said, recalling the tour of England. in 2014.
She also said: “For me personally, that was a revelation that one could feel so lonely despite being part of a large group. I will not say that I did not have people to talk to but did not have a professional to talk to. someone who can fully understand what I’m going through, I think it’s a huge factor. I think I’d like to see it change. Someone you can go to at any time, have a conversation and say “Listen this is what I’m feeling, it’s even hard for me go to sleep, I feel like I don’t want to wake up in the morning. I don’t have confidence in myself, what do I do? ‘”
Kohli will lead India in Test 3 against England, which will be a day-night pink ball event in Ahmedabad from 24 February.
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