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I have deleted many social media apps and hardly read anything about Test selection: Will Pucovski | Will Pucovski says he is staying focused
Will Pucovski is in the news for his marvellous back-to-back double centuries in the Sheffield Shield matches which has led to speculation about his inclusion in Australia’s Test squad to face India.
The Victoria batsman has hit 255* and 202 in the last 10 days but he seems to keep his head down when it comes to acknowledging all the plaudits coming his way. Recently while talking to the media about his potential International honours, he said that he is staying away from most of the social media platforms to stay away from the chatters happening online about his powerpack performance.
“To be honest, I’ve deleted every cricket app and most social media off my phone… I haven’t really read anything about it, it’s something that’s completely out of my control so all I can do is present myself every day and hopefully do well”, he said as per the reports in ESPNCricinfo.com
After hitting 202 in the match against Western Australia, where he also opens for his team, there are reports that suggest Pucovski might get to open with David Warner for Australia against India. “You don’t get the chance to make 200 very often. So when you’re in that kind of position, there’s that inner burning competitiveness where you just go, ‘Gee, it would be pretty cool to get two doubles on the trot’,” he said.
Among many other record that the 22-year-old cricketer has made, one is of becoming the first Shield batsman after Dene Hills (1997-98) to make consecutive double-hundreds, thus making it three in a career that is just 22 games old. But he also admits that being on field for this long gives immense fatigue too. He said that there were stages during his innings that he would defocus from the game as the tiredness would kick in.
“You do get that build-up of fatigue over a week or two. There was probably a stage yesterday where I felt myself losing it a bit, but managed to switch back into gear which felt really good. [And so did] just knowing that I can switch back on and get back into that zone. It’s [about] getting into my batting bubble and routines and for the first time in a couple of weeks, I felt myself just leaving that a little bit. But it was only for a very short period. It’s one of those things where I’ve developed the process now that I know how to get myself back into that space. I’ve been really happy with how I’ve been backing my instinct and just playing off intuition. The more I can do that, more regularly the results will hopefully come”, he added.
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