Delhi: Former Australian youth opener Will Pukovsky has decided to retire from all formats. Pukovski has taken this step due to a long and serious impact of the head injury (conversion) that took last year. In 2024, he could not fully recover after injury to the bouncer of relay Meredith in a match of Shafield Shield. He told that since then he was feeling ‘bad’ symptoms. After the advice of many doctors, Pukovsky decided to say goodbye to cricket and now he has stepped into the world of coaching with Victoria Premier Side Melbourne.
Pukovski said in a conversation with Sen on Tuesday, “I will never play cricket now. This year was very difficult. To say directly, now I will not play at any level.” He told that after this head injury, he also started having trouble in normal work.
He further said, “In the first few months after the injury, I was unable to do anything. It was difficult to walk in the house. Will said that the symptoms since that time have constantly disturbed him, and from here he decided to retire.
At the age of 23, Pukovski was considered the next big star of Australian cricket. In 2021, he scored 62 runs in the Sydney Test against India and showed a glimpse of his talent. However, due to frequent head injury (a total of 12 times, his return, recovery and preparation continued to be interrupted. The last injury completely eliminated his career.
He said, “When you are struggling, it becomes very difficult to take such a big decision. The medical panel recommended me to retire, and it was very difficult for me to accept it.” However, he also told that the final decision was his own, but he spent a lot of time to understand why he was repeatedly getting such a brain injury.
Pukovski said, “There was no such day when I thought that he had to retire today, but the symptoms were not going to end. I could dream for a while, but on the other hand it was also necessary that I could live a normal life and do not harm my head.”
Will Pukovsky performed brilliantly in first class cricket, from 2017 to his last match. He scored 2350 runs in 36 matches. During this time his average was 51.40, which is the third best among the batsmen scoring more than 1000 runs. The better average than that is only Ed Cowan (65.44) and Cameron Green (55.33).
Significantly, after retirement from cricket, Pukovski is now commenting for Coaching as well as channel 7. At the age of 27, his retirement has become a matter of major discussion in the cricket world.
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