“What does Ponting have to do with Indian cricket? I think he should think about Australian cricket. More importantly, I have got no concerns whatsoever for Virat and Rohit,” Gambhir said in the press conference ahead of the team’s departure for a challenging five-Test tour to Australia.
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting feels Virat Kohli’s recent batting slump in Test cricket is a ‘concern’, and went on to state that with that kind of form, few in Test cricket would have had the same faith in terms of ongoing selection that Kohli has.
He said that the visitors will find taking 20 wickets in a Test as the “biggest challenge” in the absence of Mohammed Shami.
Ricky Ponting, who recently took over as the head coach of the Punjab Kings franchise, has revealed the strategies his side used during the recent Indian Premier League (IPL) retention period and how he plans to make his mark at the upcoming auction.
A couple of months after Ricky Ponting ended his seven-year stint at Delhi Capitals, the three-time ODI World Cup winning Australian was on Wednesday unveiled as the new head coach of the Punjab Kings from Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025.
While Pant may have scored the second-lowest score (340 runs) in the seven seasons he has played in the IPL, and a captaincy blunder in the crucial match may have cost his side a playoffs berth, but Delhi Capitals head coach Ponting believes that Pant is "an outstanding young man who has the world at his feet".
The Rishabh Pant-led Delhi Capitals are scheduled to play CSK in the late evening at the DY Patil Stadium, and according to the report, the players from both teams allegedly'mingled' on Saturday during a training session.
As the Delhi Capitals prepare for the crucial second half of the Indian Premier League, coach Ricky Ponting stated that the team needs to gain some momentum for the upcoming games.
"Whenever I get to training, he is always the first one I look forward to because I can always do some stuff with his batting and he will come looking for me as well for a bit of advice on different things, around his leadership or his batting. I have loved every moment of working with him," said Ponting.
The 46-year-old Aussie, who is also the coach of Delhi Capitals, picked his ideal choice - John Inglis. However, Inglis is not even in Australia's squad of 23.
