Australia's batting order is under the pump after a forgettable outing at the Optus Stadium in Perth in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy opener. The second match of the series will be played with a pink ball at the Adelaide Oval.
Ricky Ponting has asked the Australian batters Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to trust their game like Virat Kohli to bounce back in the five-match Border-Gavaskar series. Both the players struggled big in the first Test in Perth.
The Punjab Kings built a decent squad after the IPL 2025 auction. Having had the biggest purse walking into the two-day mega auction, Punjab were able to fill all the gaps needed including a new captain but the coach Ricky Ponting was on the receiving end of criticism of favouring Australians.
IPL 2025 mega auction is scheduled for November 24 and 25 in Jeddah. Even though its timing doesn't clash with the first Test between India and Australia in Perth, however, a few former cricketers are involved with the IPL teams as well as the Test series as coaches or commentators.
Team India do not have happy memories of playing at the Optus Stadium in Perth. They played against Australia during their four-match Test series in 2018 and lost the game by 146 runs, under the leadership of Virat Kohli.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting recently pointed out that Virat Kohli has scored only 2-3 Test hundreds in the last five years. He also said that any other player would've been dropped by now. India head coach has responded to his comment taking a dig at Ponting.
Virat Kohli's form in Test cricket in recent times has been under the scanner. He has made only two centuries since 2020. Kohli was far from his best in the recent series against New Zealand. However, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting feels that Kohli could come good in the BGT series.
Australia's search for a Test opener has reached its last stages with Ricky Ponting finalising his pick. The likes of Sam Konstas, Marcus Harris or Cameron Bancroft haven't really made their mark in the ongoing game for Australia A against India A and Ponting has leaned towards the experienced one.
Punjab Kings have released several international stars like Sam Curran, Liam Livingstone, Jonny Bairstow and Nathan Ellis among others. Punjab now have a purse of 110.5 crore ahead of the IPL 2025 mega auction.
Punjab Kings have revamped their coaching staff with Ricky Ponting hopping from the Delhi Capitals to the neighbouring state ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL. While the Kings have parted ways with Trevor Bayliss and Sanjay Bangar, the 2014 finalists are likely to stay with a couple of members.
Punjab Kings have been through a major overhaul with a new head coach and new captain for the upcoming IPL 2025 season. The franchise parted with head coach Trevor Bayliss and head of cricket development Sanjay Bangar after two disappointing seasons.
Yuvraj Singh picked Sourav Ganguly as his favourite captain having played the most under him and MS Dhoni. Yuvraj made his debut under Ganguly but played the latter part of his career under Dhoni, however, either wasn't his choice when it came to comparison with Ricky Ponting.
Ricky Ponting, the two-time World Cup-winning captain and one-time IPL-winning coach joined his third franchise in the IPL in the role of head coach, Punjab Kings, ahead of the 2025 edition. Ponting, who recently parted ways with the Delhi Capitals, spent seven years with the franchise.
Punjab Kings have named the former Australian captain and ex-Delhi Capitals coach as the new head coach ahead of the 2025 edition of the IPL. Ponting will be the sixth coach in eight years for Punjab Kings in the IPL as they hope for stability and a title with the multiple World Cup winner.
Australia last defeated India in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy back in 2014/15 on home soil 2-0 (4). Since then the two teams have played each other four times and India have won on all four occasions, both at home and away.
Sachin Tendulkar last played an international match in November 2013 but still holds the record for the most Test runs. Australian star Ricky Ponting scored the second-highest Test runs and revealed one cricketer who can surpass both him and Sachin the Test record.
Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting spoke about the possibility of the World Test Champions changing their combination around Steve Smith if the World No 5 batter doesn't want to open anymore. Smith took up the mantle of opening the innings for Australia after David Warner's Test retirement.
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said that the hosts will have a point to prove having lost two series at home against India. Ponting picked Australia as favourites for the series while tipping them to overturn the results against India this time around. Australia haven't won BGT since 2017.
Ricky Ponting worked as the head coach of the Delhi Capitals since the 2018 season. During his tenure, the Capitals reached the playoffs for three consecutive IPL seasons in 2019, 2020 and 2021. However, the team couldn't lift the trophy in any of the seasons.
"I'm really thankful for my time that I had there (with Delhi Capitals), met some great people, worked with some great people and obviously worked with some great players through the years as well," Ricky Ponting said ahead.
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