Recently, the Team India batter, K.L Rahul, who is only 30 was recently seen getting anxious about the prospects of the end of his cricket playing career. Karnataka-born cricketer has 32 years of his age and is a regular member of Indian Test and ODI teams.
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But, he seems to have played his last T20I given the success of India in the recently held T20 World Cup sans him.
Speaking about the short shelf life of an athlete, Rahul stated on Nikhil Kamath’s YouTube channel: Speaking about the short shelf life of an athlete, Rahul stated on Nikhil Kamath’s YouTube channel:
“There is a fear and realisation that the shelf life is really small for an athlete, and you need to make the most of it within whatever time you have. For me, the anxiety was when I hit 30. I could see the end of the tunnel. Till I was 29, I could not see that,”
He Added:-
“Some weird thing happened on my 30th birthday. I could see I have 10 more years to play cricket, and that gave me anxiety, and that is the first time I felt like ‘This comes to an end at some point.’ All I have done all my life is ‘Cricket, Cricket, Cricket,’ without imagining this comes to an end. Now I can see it. It is not too far away,”
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“There is no insecurity, but there is a feeling that all this ends, and for me it ends very quickly. If you are fit enough, you can play till 40. That is the maximum someone has played. Yes, there is MS Dhoni, who is 43 and is still playing. You can play the IPL and all of that, but not at the international level for too long,” said Rahul.