India cricketer Ishant Sharma recalled the time when he broke down almost everyday over a range of six unfortunate deliveries, which cut-short his white-ball career.
I cried for a month: Ishant Sharma reminisces poor phase in career
“My lowest moment was that 2013 match in Mohali against Australia. I don’t know if I could ever have moment worse than that because I was…I don’t know. It was very tough for me. And it wasn’t because I gave away a lot of runs. The thing that hurt me the most was I was the reason behind the team’s loss. I was dating my wife at that time and I just spoke to her and I think I just cried for almost a month. I used to call her everyday and cry over the phone saying that team lost because of me,” the 34-year-old said while speaking on Cricbuzz’s ‘Rise of New India’ show.
“The good thing that happened was Mahi bhai (MS Dhoni) came to my room and Shikhar (Dhawan), who was playing that game, also came and said, ‘Look you have been doing well (Dekh, tu acha khel raha hai).’ Because of that one match there became a perception that I am not a white-ball bowler,” Ishant said.
