Englanb off-spinner Dom Bess said that the pressure of staying in bio-bubble during the a month long Test series in India. He said that he has started “hating cricket” after the tour because of “struggles back in India”.
England lost the Test series after winning the first one by 1-3 and also they lost their chance to play the World Test Championship final against New Zealand in June.
“After India, I had a good break away from it, because I really did start hating cricket. It got too much at times, certainly in that bubble in India. There’s a lot of pressures going on and it was really important for me to come back and get away from it,” Bess told espncricinfo.com in an interview.
The 23-years-spinner, who made his Test debut against Pakistan, had a forgettabke outing in India, as he was dropped from the side after the first Test victory.
Describing the struggle inside the bio-bubble in India, the spinner said:
“It was nice to get away from it (bio-bubble), because in India, in the bubble, everything was about cricket. It’s fine when you’re going well, but when things aren’t going well it is very tough. But I only see what I had in India as a great positive. It’s been a tough time really, but one hell of a learning curve for me. And it terms of where I see my game, I know what I’ve got to do.”
The cricketer, who has so far played 14 Test matches and taken 36 wickets, said that he is not overly concerned about getting his England Test berth back. “I’m not thinking about (England) at all. Of course, it’s there, but I’m not pushing that. I’m 23, so I’m looking at four-five years’ time, and what I do now — if the chance did come, I can go back into the international scene and know my game more. If it’s this summer, it’s this summer.”
