There once was a time when Keshav Maharaj would get changed for a match in a toilet cubicle. He had been a first class cricketer since he was 16 and had been earmarked for higher honours with the South African national team for some time. Even so, he was terrified that others might judge him for his physique.
“I’d look at the other guys in the team, guys like David Miller, I mean, you could probably grate cheese on his abs, and I’d feel insecure,” Maharaj says. “I’d had a dad-bod from 13 years old. So I’d go to the toilet and hope no one would notice that I’d left the dressing room. I’d order shirts that were way too big. I was worried about how I looked on the big screen or TV. It impacted me. I started to doubt if I belonged in a professional environment.”
