The New Zealand cricket team must take a leaf out of Sachin Tendulkar's book as they try to overcome the trauma caused by the earthquake in Christchurch back home, leading sports psychologist Dr BP Bam said
The New Zealand cricket team must take a leaf out of Sachin Tendulkar's book as they try to overcome the trauma caused by the earthquake in Christchurch back home,u00a0 leading sports psychologist Dr BP Bam said.
The Kiwis will take the field against Australia here tomorrow in the back drop of national emergency declared back home as the death toll from the tragedy rose to 75 with over 400 missing. Bam said it was a war-like situation for the Kiwi team. "I know a soldier, who had no time to attend the funeral of his three close relatives who died in war because he was busy fighting the battle. New Zealand cricketers too are in a similar situation.
It's a skill to extricate oneself from what has happened and live the role that is required," Bam told
MiD DAY, as he went on to cite the example of Tendulkar. "Sachin lost his father when he was playing the World Cup in England. He was very close to him, but returned to England and scored a century. You have to train your mind to do that," he said.
Religious faith also plays a crucial role in such situations, said Bam who felt that beating their trans-Tasman rivals would now be all the more challenging for New Zealand.
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