New Delhi, Sept. 14 -- India's right-arm seamer Mohammed Shami admitted that he was encountering thoughts of dying by suicide, but rejected the idea, after realising the fact that the game of cricket has given so much to him.

Revealing his thoughts in the episode of Aap Ki Adalat with Rajat Sharma, Indian star pacer said, "Socha zaroor, par hua nahin, yeh shukr hai varna World Cup miss ho jata mere sey, kyunki jab wo thought aaya tha mere dimaag mein ki yeh time hai life ke end ka, jis cheez ke liye mujhe itna naam diya, jis cheez ke liye media mere pichhe hai, usko chhod ke is jump ke chakkar mein...Woh thought, woh pyaar yaad aayin. Socha chalo isko choodo, chalo game me lagte hain phir...(The thought came to my mind, but it did not ha...