'It's far too early to be speculating on that' - Chris Rogers on people calling for Will Pucovski's retirement 'premature'

Former Australian Test opener and Victoria's head coach Chris Rogers has opined that it is "premature" on the part of people to suggest that talented opener Will Pucovski should retire from competitive cricket.

Pucovski's unfortunate tryst with concussion continued this week as he was snubbed out during South Australia's 2nd innings against Victoria on Saturday.

The talented opener, who had been sidelined for a major part of the season due to a shoulder injury he suffered on test debut against India last Australian summer, suffered yet another set-back on Saturday as he suffered his 11th concussion during a warm-up session.

It was only after the proceedings of the day started that Pucovski started experiencing the effects as he immediately pointed to the dressing room for replacement. He was eventually subbed out by Travis Dean.

Following the development, former cricketers as well as fan, have been calling for Pucovski's retirement from top-level cricket.

However, Rogers, who himself suffered a lot of concussions during his career, said it is premature to write obituaries of the young batsmen's career.

"It's far too early to be speculating on that. I'm not a doctor, I'm not a specialist in this area so clearly he needs to talk to a few people and from there we'll assess what needs to happen," Rogers said as quoted by Cricket Australia.

"He's not at all unaware of the situation and the noise that surrounds these concussions.

He's pretty aware of how this was going to play out, from that point of view he was pretty devastated and knows he'll have to face some tough questions over the next period," he added.

However, Rogers conceded it's a tricky situation for Pucovski before throwing his weight of support behind the Victorian batsman.

"But as a team, we're going to support him with everything he chooses to do. It's a really delicate situation with his history and everything he's gone through. From here, it's going to be a really important period for Will."

Pucovski, who scored a half-century in the first innings, had gone for light-ball warm-up before the start of days' play at the Adelaide Oval.

Recounting the events, Rogers said

"He just got a slight knock to the head and he seemed okay for a while, he finished the warm-up and then the symptoms started to appear so he started to deteriorate when he back out in the sun and the bright light," he added.

"Then he returned to the rooms and the medical staff got involved and thought that was the right way to go. He wanted to see if he could go out and have a hit in the nets, but the symptoms were there and in the end, he spoke to the doctor and he felt that, with his history, it probably wasn't worth it," he added.

"And from there it was a case of 'what do we need to do for him?' and management felt it was important to get him back to Victoria where he's well supported.

"He will go home and there will be some specialists he'll speak to that he has previously seen, who are aware of his history. So he'll go through that process again.

"He just got a slight knock to the head and he seemed okay for a while, he finished the warm-up and then the symptoms started to appear so he started to deteriorate when he back out in the sun and the bright light," Rogers said.

"Then he returned to the rooms and the medical staff got involved and thought that was the right way to go,"

"He wanted to see if he could go out and have a hit in the nets, but the symptoms were there and in the end, he spoke to the doctor and he felt that, with his history, it probably wasn't worth it," revealed Rogers 

"And from there it was a case of 'what do we need to do for him?' and management felt it was important to get him back to Victoria where he's well supported," he added.

"He will go home and there will be some specialists he'll speak to that he has previously seen, who are aware of his history. So he'll go through that process again," said Rogers.

"He's obviously bounced back from this a number of times, but we'll wait and see and hopefully we'll get some good news," asserted the former opener.

Rogers reckoned that people are being premature in passing their final judgement 

"I think some people have already passed judgement and are questioning his technique against the short ball. From that point of view, it didn't happen in the game or in the nets, so that's something you can take a bit of comfort in," he said.

"But equally it's another blow to the head and we're all aware of the ramifications of these things happening." he added.