Thrice I thought of committing suicide: Mohammed Shami
In a startling revelation, India speedster Mohammed Shami has claimed that he considered committing suicide thrice while battling personal issues a couple of years ago, forcing his family to keep a wrist watch over him at all times.
He said his family feared he "might jump" from their 24th floor apartment.
Shami, one of India's leading bowlers recently, opened up on his personal and professional life during an Instagram speak to teammate and limited overs squads' vice-captain Rohit Sharma.
"I think if my children hadn't supported me in the past I would have lost my cricket. I thought of committing suicide three times during that period because of extreme stress and personal problems," Shami revealed during the session on Saturday.
Now among the mainstays of Indian bowling attack across formats, the 29-year-old was struggling to give attention to his cricket, then.
"I was not considering cricket at all. We were living on the 24th floor. They (family) were scared I would jump from the balcony. My brother supported me a whole lot.
"My 2-3 friends used to remain with me every day and night. My parents asked me to give attention to cricket to recuperate from that phase rather than think about other things. I started training then and sweated it out a lot at an academy in Dehradun," Shami said.
In March 2018, Shami's wife Hasin Jahan had accused him of domestic violence and lodged a complaint with the police, following that your India player and his brother were booked under relevant sections.
The upheaval in his personal life forced his employer BCCI to withheld the player's central contracts for some time.
"Rehab was stressful as the same exercises are repeated each day. Then family problems started and I also suffered a major accident. The accident happened 10-12 days ahead of the IPL and my own problems were running high in the media," Shami told Rohit.
Shami said his family stood such as a rock with him and the support helped him reunite on his feet.
"Then my family explained that each problem includes a solution no matter what size the problem. My brother supported me a lot."
Speaking about another painful period in his life after his injury in the 2015 World Cup, Shami said it took him almost 18 months to reunite on the field.
"When I acquired injured in the 2015 World Cup, after that it took me 18 months to totally recover, that was the most painful moment in my life, it was an extremely stressful period.
