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Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev has notified young players to stop complaining about pressure in the game. He further asserted that if a format like the Indian Premier League (IPL) is affecting their overall mental and physical health then they should stop playing it.
In the event, “Champions of Aakash 2022″ which took place at Taj Palace, Kapil Dev shared his views. He said that cricket these days has become a demanding game often leading the players to talk about stress.
He further said that he does not understand pressure as players should focus on playing the sport with enthusiasm. According to him one can never feel burdened if they are enjoying the game.
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“I hear a lot of times on TV that there’s a lot of pressure on players to play in the IPL. Then I only say one thing, don’t play. If a player has passion, there will be no pressure. I can’t understand these American terms, like depression. I’m a farmer and we play because we enjoy the game, and there can’t be any pressure while enjoying the game,” Kapil said.
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Notably, he said the same in context to the events wherein quite a few international players acknowledged that playing all formats has become unsustainable for them amid these testing times.
Kapil also talked about pressure among school children and then taunted it by saying, “I remember going to a school where students of class 10 and 12 told him they face a lot of pressure. I said, ‘So also face pressure!’. You people sit in air-conditioned rooms with fees paid by your parents, and teachers cannot beat you up, then where is this pressure coming from? Ask me what pressure is all about. Teachers used to beat us up and then would ask where we had gone.”
Meanwhile, netizens did not support the comment and said that the former cricketer should not have given such an informal remark on a serious topic like depression and mental health.
One of the users tweeted, “It’s sad to see a legend like Kapil Dev trying to undermine mental health issues (pressure and depression). What he doesn’t realize is that you do not get rid of the issues by denying them. Today’s youth knows and doesn’t shy in expressing themselves & that’s the right thing to do.”
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