‘Grown As A Chief’: Ricky Ponting Lauds Pat Cummins After AUS Clinch BGT

Days after the conclusion of the distinguished Border-Gavaskar Trophy, former cricketer Ricky Ponting on Wednesday heaped reward on Australia skipper Pat Cummins and mentioned that he has grown as a frontrunner. Australia began the just lately concluded Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25 with a defeat on the Perth Check, nevertheless, the Aussies made a stupendous comeback within the sequence to clinch it by 3-1. It was a rare sequence for the Aussie skipper Cummins as he introduced again the BGT to Australia after nearly a decade. Australia’s final BGT win got here in 2014-15.

Cummins was the second-highest wicket-taker within the sequence with 25 dismissals at a mean of 21.36. The Aussie skipper additionally scored 159 runs within the five-match sequence at a strike fee of 63.35 and a mean of 19.88. Talking in an episode of the ICC Assessment, Ponting mentioned that Cummins has grown as a participant. The previous cricketer added that Cummins does not go searching to anybody else when issues get robust for him.

“Pat has grown as a participant, he is grown as a frontrunner. Every time issues get robust as captain, he does not go searching to anyone else. He brings himself straight again into the assault and most of the time will get the job accomplished,” Ponting was quoted by ICC as saying. Ponting additionally identified how 19-year-old Sam Konstas was the one teen within the squad aside from whom everybody was above 30 years. He added that will probably be a problem for the Australian crew to convey a brand new bunch of gamers into the squad.

“There’s not one participant of their 20s in that crew. You have acquired one at 19 and everybody else over 30. That is going to be the following problem for this Australian group. That is going to be the following problem for this Australian group, not only for the Australian crew, however for Australian cricket is to convey on this new group of younger gamers. There’s not many alternatives that current themselves,” he added. India had their possibilities within the fifth Check at Sydney however frittered them away. Jasprit Bumrah’s damage additionally aggravated issues for the guests within the ultimate few classes of the match. Australia received by six wickets, which additionally ended India’s hope of creating it to the World Check Championship finals.