Generally, we enjoy it a lot when we watch cricket on Television or any other platform. However, the situation is not the same for those cricketers who are playing live on the ground. They continuously have to thrive through various conditions and have to keep performing for their side. Even if they fail for a small amount of time, there are already lots of cricketers warming the bench and are just hoping to get one chance.
Their career is fully featured with steep ups and downs, which may harm their mental health. They have to go through loads of psychological stress because their place is not permanent in this field. Their all-time hectic schedules and less personal time can even harm their mental health.
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Mental Health is one of the critical factors for cricketers to stay motivated and focused on the game. However, this is not the same for all the stars as some of them can’t bear that mental pressure. This article features the list of Top 5 Cricketers who left International Cricket due to Mental Health Issues. They are as follows:
5.Jonathan Trott
One of the most significant number 3 batsman from the English side named as Jonathan Trott had a complete turn over in his career after the 2013 Ashes. Mitchell Johnson’s bouncers took him off the field, which later on converted itself into the retirement.
He gave the reason of long-standing stress-related condition for his retirement. He said to The Independent that, “Just coming down to breakfast, I’d sit on my own away from the guys with my cap over my head because I didn’t know how I was going to react to having to go to the cricket ground again. I was waking up looking at the clock hoping the clock had stopped, or that a pylon had fallen on the field and the game had been canceled, or the stadium had collapsed – as long as there was no one in it, of course. You end up thinking of all sorts of ways you wouldn’t have to go to the ground”.
