Indian pacer Jasprit Bumrah has revealed how he deals while facing setbacks in life. The most recent setback is the re-emergence of his back injury which has put his participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup 2022 in doubt.
Having just recovered from a similar issue that forced him to miss the Asia Cup 2022 and coming back to action in T20Is against Australia, Bumrah has once again suffered an injury that many have reported to be a stress fracture.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has confirmed that he will miss the ongoing series against South Africa but official confirmation on his status for the T20 World Cup is yet to be issued.
Meanwhile, Jasprit Bumrah shared some aspects of his life including how he deals with outside noise and his transformation into a calm and measured person.
"No, I was not always like this. In fact, when I started playing cricket it was the other way around. I was a little too aggressive, always on the go, always sitting on the edge... I could get angry really quickly. But then I realized that moving further if my emotions are not kept in check, then there's going to be a lot of variation in my results," Bumrah said in an interview with GQ India.
"I quickly understood that if this was the game that I always wanted to excel in, I needed to figure out how to control my emotions. Stability really helps. I learned that on the go; obviously you learn from experiences, you make mistakes. I chose to look at these experiences and then asked myself how I could get the best out of these situations," he added.
As fans wait for more news on his injury, Bumrah revealed how he deals with setbacks in general.
"If it's been a bad day, I switch off for a while. If my mind starts to wander, I divert it to something else. Then I come back and I analyse. Good day or bad, I analyse it and tell myself to remember what produced results. I depend on my own evaluation, but when I don't have answers then I look to people I trust and believe in. Then I go to the coaches and seek advice. But after that, I filter the noise out, because at the end of the day I understand my game better than anyone else. I've made a career on my own," he added.
Bumrah is currently back at the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru where he is undergoing scans as the severity of the new injury is determined.
