India are set to tour England for a five-match Test series in June.
Ben Duckett has shared the reason behind deactivating his account on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter), stating that staying away from it is the best choice for him at the moment. His decision came after receiving criticism for his comments regarding a potential contest against Jasprit Bumrah.
With India set to tour England for a five-match Test series in June, Bumrah is expected to be a key threat for the home team.
Addressing the situation during Nottinghamshire’s media day, Duckett clarified that he considers Bumrah one of the toughest bowlers in the world. He explained that his earlier remarks were simply about having faced the Indian pacer before, meaning he is not unfamiliar with what to expect in the upcoming series.
“If you ask me about Jasprit Bumrah, I’d say, right now, he’s probably the toughest bowler to face in the world. What I said in the interview was that I’d faced him before – it’s not like I’m going into a series not knowing what he’s going to do,” Duckett said.
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Ben Duckett said that he has always been good at ignoring media and people’s opinions because everyone has the right to think what they want. He does not generally respond to comments. But in this case, he felt the need to clarify things. A few people didn’t get his point and reacted without knowing the whole story.
Once he told his side of the story, some people apologised. He also believes this can serve as a lesson to others not to jump to conclusions so fast after reading just a portion of something. Most people jump to conclusions without hearing the whole story and he hopes this will cause them to think more before doing so.
“I’ve always been very good at blocking media out and blocking opinions of people because they’re completely entitled to them. It felt like a good opportunity to actually reply to a couple of people and go, ‘look, this isn’t what I said’. And obviously then I had some other communication with people who were apologising. That was nice. But then, it was potentially a learning for other people to maybe not go so hard straight away from reading a snippet of something.,” he added.
Despite the controversy, he emphasised that he would continue to express himself honestly in interviews rather than changing his approach. Reflecting on the past week, he concluded that staying away from X makes life simpler for him at this point.
“I’d like to think I won’t not be me in interviews. I’d find that really hard to do, and I wouldn’t want to do that. It’s been an interesting week but I think for me, right now, being off Twitter is the right thing and it’s a lot easier life being off Twitter,” he further stated.
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