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Ricky ponting on Punjab kings: Punjab Kings performed a bang in Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy and coaching Ricky Ponting. The team was at number-1 at the end of the league stage of IPL 2025. Punjab Kings surprised everyone with their strong performance. Now Punjab will take on RCB in qualifier-1. Earlier, the team’s head coach Ricky Ponting has revealed the secret of Punjab Kings success.
Let us know that Punjab Kings have made it to the playoffs for the first time since 2014. Punjab’s team topped the league stage. Now the team has a chance to reach the final directly. Before joining Punjab Kings, Ricky Ponting had clearly told the owners that they need full control in the team operations.
Punjab gave open exemption to Ponting. Now the result is in front of everyone. In a conversation with news agency PTI before the IPL playoffs, Ponting said that along with joining the team, he had ensured that things would be different this time. He said, “We started with the auction itself, when only two unaccounted players were retained, we were very criticized. People felt that we made a mistake, but I was very clear where to take the team.”
Ponting further said, “So far the session has been good and in the last match against Mumbai Indians, six unkapped players were in the team, who performed brilliantly. We talked among ourselves that we have to stay in the top two and we topped the top two after the league stage. Looks great.”
He said that the performance of Indian core players and especially captain Shreyas Iyer has been excellent. He said, “We get all the players that we want. Whether young players or experienced foreign players. We did not lose the rhythm even after Glenn Maxwell and Lockie Ferguson were out.
Regarding Indian cricketers, he said that players like Prabhasimran Singh and Priyansh Arya can play for India one day. He said, “I think there are four players who can play for India. Before going to the auction, I watched the videos of Priyansh Arya for many hours and I wanted him in the team under all circumstances. Prabhasimran is only 24 years old and the first unaccounted player to score the most runs in the history of IPL. Nehal Vadhera can also play for India in the middle order. Makes a useful player. “