When Mohammad Shami opened up to Rohit Sharma about the “most painful” time of his life.
TW: Mention of self-harm.
TW: Mention of self-harm.
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00:00My family used to guard my room so that he doesn't do anything wrong.
00:03I had thought of committing suicide three times during that period.
00:30People want to know what you have done that has had such an impact on your bowling recently.
00:54Who do you want to credit for your bowling in the last 1-2 years?
01:06In 2015, when I got injured in the World Cup, I didn't even know what condition I was in.
01:12After that, it took me around 18 months to recover.
01:17I feel that was the most painful time of my life after the World Cup in 2015.
01:27I have been saying this for the past two years because a lot has happened in your personal life.
01:34It's not easy to come out of that situation and perform like that.
01:40It's not easy to come out of your personal problems.
01:47Tell people how you handled that situation, kept your mind fresh and mentally strong.
01:59If your mind had slipped at that time, I think it would have been difficult for you to play.
02:04When I got injured in 2015, it took me 18 months to recover.
02:12I played my last match and then I played my next match after I got injured.
02:17It was a period of 18 months.
02:20It was very stressful because you know how much rehab disturbs you.
02:27You have to do the same exercise daily.
02:30I was facing a lot of problems.
02:33When I came to the match, I had family problems after that.
02:40It was going on. There were a lot of accidents.
02:44Yes, absolutely.
02:47I think there was an accident 10-12 days before the IPL.
02:52Yes.
02:53The media was talking about family problems.
02:58Absolutely.
02:59At that time, if my family hadn't been with me,
03:05I might have lost my cricket career.
03:14Believe me or not, I thought about committing suicide three times during that period.
03:20Oh my God.
03:22I was under a lot of stress.
03:26I wasn't even thinking about cricket.
03:29My family would guard my room so that I wouldn't do anything wrong.
03:34Oh my God. No one knows about this.
03:37It's my personal experience.
03:43How did I pass my time at that time?
03:45My family was guarding the house.
03:48I didn't know when I was sleeping and when I was awake.
03:51There was a guy who used to stay with me.
03:53His house was on the 24th floor.
03:55I don't know when he jumped out of the balcony.
03:57I have discussed this many times in my mind.
04:00I couldn't think of anything.
04:07I was just roaming around.
04:09But my family was there to explain.
04:12It's a big thing that your family is with you.
04:15I don't think you have a bigger power than that.
04:18My family used to tell me that every problem has a solution.
04:25Every problem has a solution.
04:31Giving up is not the solution.
04:33Don't give up.
04:35Everyone should learn this.