(Cricket news) What went wrong at the recently finished World Cup with Shakib Al Hasan’s batting? After Bangladesh’s appalling showing in the main event, it remained a topic of discussion. The veteran player has now admitted to Cricbuzz that he had severe agony throughout the entire World Cup as a result of visual problems brought on by stress.

After putting on an incredible all-around performance in the 2019 World Cup, when he scored 606 runs and claimed 11 wickets, Shakib was predicted to take the lead in the 2023 tournament in India. However, the ODI captain, who was forced to miss two games of the 2023 World Cup owing to injury, had a lackluster tournament at the bat, scoring just 186 runs in seven games at an average of 26.57.

Following his mid-tournament return to Bangladesh for an extended batting practice with his childhood guru Nazmul Abedin, Shakib made headlines. However, that was of little use because throughout the tournament, short deliveries plagued the left-hander regularly. He was occasionally observed batting with a modified stance at the major event in India, which was different from how he typically bats.

“It could have happened,” he responded when asked if he was using one eye to play and may have batted because he thought the ball was going in a particular direction. “I had huge discomfort facing the ball.” Since the eye is thought of as a brain extension, medical research holds that stress has an impact on the brain, which in turn has an impact on the vascular system and the eyes. Stress hormones have a direct effect on vision when they are released.

Prolonged stress tightens blood vessels and reduces blood flow to the retina, which raises the risk of high blood pressure. Double vision and blurry or decreased vision are symptoms of a condition called hypertensive retinopathy. The problem is that when I visited the doctor, they found that there was water in either my cornea or my retina. They gave me drops and advised me to reduce my stress levels. I’m not sure if that accounted for my vision issue.

However, there was no tension when I checked in again in America (after the World Cup), and I informed the doctor that since there was no World Cup, there was obviously no stress “explained Shakib. Though Shakib stated it would have been better for him if he had received the ODI team sooner, he is not willing to use his position as captain as a justification for excessive stress. “Because I served as captain—a reason for stress that I’m not ready to accept.

However, it would have been simple if I had been appointed captain earlier since I could have gone to the World Cup with enough time to prepare everything,” he remarked. “As captain, I had to deal with the fact that the squad did not share my mindset or the philosophy I wanted to play with. As you can see, our ODI performances were poor not just during the World Cup but even into 2023.” After losing six games in a row, Bangladesh became the first team to be eliminated from the 2023 Cricket World Cup. Bangladesh only triumphed twice in nine matches, both against Afghanistan and Sri Lanka.

Shakib, meanwhile, emphasized that even if he is going into politics, he is not prepared to give up cricket. As was the case with former captain Mashrafe Mortaza after he entered politics, he continued, saying he won’t have any issues with BCB while being in politics. “I think they (cricket and politics) can be managed. Managing time will not be a problem because I have done it in the past and can do it in future as well, and have full confidence on me to make that happen,” said Shakib. “I don’t think that will be the case with me (having any misunderstanding with the board) because I am straightforward.”

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