EXCLUSIVE: A character assassination of Khushdil Shah should be avoided, cricket psychologist Adrian McInman delves into the fan altercation and mental toughness

Adrian McInman said a character assassination of Pakistan batsman Khushdil Shah should be avoided

Adrian McInman: “You also know that the more mentally tough they were, the better they would have handled their situations”

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I asked Cricket Psychologist Adrian McInman to sum up what he told me about “pressure,” “stress,” perception, and mental toughness in the first four interviews for this 5-article series using the Khushdil Shah fan altercation as an example.

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