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Foreign cricketers ‘give up’ on mental health in pandemic: Ganguly

England captain Joe Root (second right) and teammates arrive in a bio-secure bubble for the their tour of Sri Lanka and India earlier this year

NEW DELHI – Indian cricket chief Sourav Ganguly has stoked the debate on the pressures of bio-secure bubble cricket by saying Indian players are better at handling mental health than foreign stars.

The former national team captain said that many England, Australia and West Indies cricketers “just give up on mental health.”

The comments could cause controversy after many players, including India captain Virat Kohli, highlighted the struggles top players are facing in continually being restricted to staying within hotels and stadiums.

Kohli said last month that players were being “cooked” in bio-secure bubbles while England’s policy of rotating and resting tour squad…

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