IPL: Too many Australians in Punjab Kings? Ricky Ponting reacts to criticism

Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting has reacted to criticism about making the aspect mini-Australia. Punjab purchased 6 gamers within the IPL mega-auction on November 24-25. The workforce made contemporary signings after retaining solely two gamers.

The Punjab aspect RTMed Arshdeep Singh for an enormous quantity of Rs 18 crore and majorly made a contemporary aspect with 5 Australian gamers – together with the likes of Glenn Maxwell and Marcus Stoinis.

Talking in a media interplay, Ponting mentioned that the gamers that Punjab purchased within the IPL public sale match their roles completely.

“We’ve introduced a few of the greatest younger Indian expertise into our group, which could be very thrilling. So, our scouts have achieved a fantastic job and labored actually onerous and effectively to make it possible for the auctions go precisely how we wished them to,” mentioned head coach Ricky Ponting.

“We’ve (a couple of Australians) and I’ll in all probability get some criticism. I feel we have now obtained 5 Aussies out of our complement of eight abroad. However while you have a look at the slots that we wanted, the gamers that we have now obtained fitted into these roles completely,” Ponting reacted to the criticism.

“To have Marcus Stoinis and Glenn Maxwell again to Kings is large as they’ve each performed right here previously. A few new guys, together with Xavier Bartlett, Aaron Hardie, and Josh Inglis, are coming into the IPL for the primary time, which can also be actually thrilling for us,” added Ponting.

Ponting including Australian gamers to the roster is nothing new. Within the 2024 version of the Indian Premier League, Ponting launched Jake Fraser-McGurk, who was an enormous hit within the match.

IPL Public sale: Ranking all groups and squads

Punjab Kings Full Squad

Retained Gamers: Shashank Singh (India) – RS 5.5 crore, Prabhsimran Singh (India) – RS 4 crore.

Gamers Purchased in Public sale: Shreyas Iyer (India) – RS 26.75 crore, Yuzvendra Chahal (India) – RS 18 crore, Arshdeep Singh (India) – RS 18 crore, Marcus Stoinis (Australia) – RS 11 crore, Nehal Wadhera (India) – RS 4.20 crore, Glenn Maxwell (Australia) – RS 4.20 crore, Vyshak Vijaykumar (India) – RS 1.8 crore, Yash Thakur (India) – RS 1.6 crore, Harpreet Brar (India) – RS 1.5 crore, Vishnu Vinod (India) – RS 95 lakh, Marco Jansen (South Africa) – RS 7 crore, Lockie Ferguson (New Zealand) – RS 2 crore, Josh Inglis (Australia) – RS 2.20 crore, Xavier Bartlett (Australia) – RS 80 lakh, Kuldeep Sen (India) – RS 80 lakh, Pyla Avinash (India) – RS 30 lakh, Suryansh Shedge (India) – RS 30 lakh, Musheer Khan (India) – RS 30 lakh, Harnoor Pannu (India) – RS 30 lakh, Aaron Hardie (Australia) – RS 1.25 crore, Priyansh Arya (India) – RS 3.80 crore, Azmatullah Omarzai (Afghanistan) – RS 2.40 crore.

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