Indian speedster Mohammad Shami on Saturday (May 2) revealed that he had thought of committing suicide at least thrice while battling personal issues in 2018.

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Notably, Shami's estranged wife Hasin Jahan had accused him of domestic violence two years ago. The cricketer said it was because of his family that he was able to face all the hardships.

“I think if my family had not supported me back then I would have lost my cricket. I thought of committing suicide three times during that period due to severe stress and personal problems. I was not thinking about cricket at all. We were living on the 24th floor. They (family) were scared I might jump from the balcony,” Shami told teammate Rohit Sharma in an Instagram Live session.

“My 2-3 friends used to stay with me for 24 hours. My parents asked me to focus on cricket to recover from that phase and not think about anything else. I started training then and sweated it out a lot at an academy in Dehradun,” he added.

After his injury during the 2015 World Cup, Shami took nearly 18 months to get back on the field.

Recalling that difficult phase, the fast bowler said: “Rehab was stressful as the same exercises are repeated every day. Then family problems started and I also suffered an accident. The accident happened 10-12 days ahead of the IPL and my personal problems were running high in the media.”

Mohammad Shami was last seen in action during the two-match Test series against New Zealand. In normal circumstances, the pacer would have been playing for Kings XI Punjab (KXIP) in the 13th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL), which has now been postponed indefinitely due to COVID-19 outbreak.

(Inputs from The Indian Express)