In order to stay away from the hype and intense speculation over his selection in the playing XI for the opening Test of the upcoming Border-Gavaskar Trophy, uncapped Australia batsman Will Pucovski has deactivated his social media accounts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Pucovski, who is among the five uncapped players named in the 17-man Test squad, has made a strong case for selection in the XI with back-to-back double centuries for Victoria in the Sheffield Shield.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
The right-handed batsman will have another chance to impress selectors when he faces India's bowlers in a tour match in Sydney from December 6. The Australia A game has been seen as an unofficial "bat-off" with Joe Burns.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's a bit of a media build-up to be honest, the big bat-off thing," Pucovski recently told reporters.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"All I can really control is how I go about it in my preparation and then obviously in the game so I feel like my batting's in a really good place. I'm off a lot of social media, so that makes it a lot easier. You can't get tagged on Twitter and stuff if you don't have the app, so that's been a pretty easy one for me," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
However, this move by the 22-year-old to stay away from social media was more of a lifestyle decision than attempt to block out the hype surrounding his selection.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"As soon as the soccer transfer window ended in Europe I didn't really have much of a use for it," cricket.com.au quoted Pucovski as saying.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"I'd been thinking about it for a while. You waste a lot of time scrolling through stuff when you can be enjoying time with your family and friends," he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
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