Had started hating cricket after India tour: Dom Bess

LONDON: England off-spinner Dom Bess has said that the pressures of staying inside the bio-bubble during the nearly month-long Test series in India had taken a toll on him and he had started "hating cricket" because of the "struggles back in India".

The 23-year-old spinner, who made his Test debut against Pakistan in 2018, had a forgettable outing in India, as despite guiding his team to victory in the first Test in February this year at Chennai, he was dropped.

And, when Bess was included in the side for the fourth and final Test at Ahmedabad, the off-spinner went wicketless as the team suffered an innings defeat.

"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.

Describing his struggles inside the bio-bubble, the spinner who now plays for County club Yorkshire, said time spent in India was a good learning curve, and that he was trying to take those lessons forward. IANS

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