Ricky ponting on Virat Kohli: In the final of IPL 2025, Royal Challengers Bangalore won the title for the first time by defeating Punjab Kings by 6 runs. RCB was waiting for this title for the last 17 years, which was completed by visiting Narendra Modi Stadium on Tuesday. After the defeat of Punjab, team coach Ricky Ponting has given a big statement about Virat Kohli. He said that Kohli’s tears tell how desperate he was for the trophy.

Ponting said a big thing about Kohli being emotional

Kohli became very emotional after winning the trophy. He started crying on the middle ground. Ponting said during a press conference on this that “You can see their eyes in the last over, tears were coming from their eyes. It means so much for the players, it means to everyone. This means to everyone. Chennai Super Kings have won it many times, Mumbai Indians have won it many times, but Mumbai Indians won it many times, but not so easy to win the tournament.”

Kohli got IPL Trophy after 17 years

Kohli was part of the RCB team since 2008. Kohli also played the final with RCB three times before. But he was not able to win. Both RCB and Kohli were waiting for this trophy for 17 years. Kohli and the team finally won the trophy after 17 years. Kohli’s tears were telling how much this trophy matters to him.

Kohli’s great performance in this season

Kohli also batted brilliantly for RCB this season. Kohli scored 657 runs in 15 matches at an average of 54.75. During this, Kohli’s strike rate was 144.72. Kohli scored 8 half -centuries this season. This year 66 fours and 19 sixes were seen with Kohli’s bat. Kohli also played an important innings of 43 runs in the final match. Kohli played a very important role in winning the RCB trophy. Due to which his 17 -year -old dream was fulfilled.

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IPL 2025 Reschedule: The match was being played between Punjab Kings and Delhi Capitals at Dharamshala on 8 May but then it was decided to stop the match due to security reasons, all the players were immediately sent back to their hotel and then all were brought to Delhi by a special train. After this, the tournament was postponed for a week before the match on May 9 (LSG Vs RCB), after which all the players were returning to their homes. Punjab coach Ricky Ponting also climbed on the plane, but then came back.

Under Ricky Ponting’s coaching and Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy, Punjab Kings are a strong contender to win their first title this time, in the match which was stopped, the team scored 122 runs in 10.1 overs, if the team wins, it would have become the first team to reach the IPL 2025 playoff. He has currently won 7 out of 11 matches, he is at number three in the table. The coaches of Punjab Kings were also very nervous when the IPL match was stopped amidst India Pakistan tension, although when they decided to stop, they stopped all their players.

Ponting made a thickweight!

He sat on the plane to return home after postponing the IPL. According to media reports, but at the last moment he got down from the plane, he stayed in Delhi and he also convinced other foreign players to stop. Regarding this, CEO Satish Menon of PBKS said, “It shows the personality of ponting. Only he could do it.”

After the cancellation of the IPL, there was fear in foreign players, the players of Punjab and Delhi returned to Delhi by train. The group also had Australian players like Marcus Stoinis, Aaron Hardy, Josh England and Xavier Bartlet. A media report quoted a team of the team as saying, “Foreign players are not habit of such a situation. So it was natural to be worried. Under Stoinis, they all wanted to leave India as soon as possible. It was natural to happen. But Ponting convinced them to stay here after ceasefire. Which is fantastic.”

There is only Marco Yansene of South Africa who has gone from India who has gone from India, although the good thing is that he has not returned to his country but is in Dubai. That is, he can return to India in a few hours.

When will IPL 2025 start back?

The IPL season 18 can start again on 16 May. The BCCI had also held a meeting on this on Sunday but no final decision could be taken. Today there will be a DGMO level meeting between India and Pakistan. After getting permission from the Government of India, the BCCI can announce an official schedule.

Khaleel ahmed met ricky ponting family: Chennai Super Kings have been ruled out of IPL 2025. On Wednesday 30 April, with the defeat to Punjab Kings, all the expectations of the CSK team captained by MS Dhoni came to an end. After this match, CSK bowler Khalil Ahmed went to meet the family of Punjab head coach Ricky Ponting. Ponting’s wife, daughter became very happy to see him.

Ricky Ponting, wearing a jersey of Punjab Kings, reached Chepock Stadium to support his father’s coaching team. Ponting’s family called CSK bowler Khalil Ahmed near the boundary line. While sharing the video, Chennai Super Kings wrote, “Ricky’s family and his favorite Khalil Bro, met once again.”

Ricky Ponting Wife Rianna Jennifer Canter, she was very happy after meeting Khalil with her children Amy, Mattis and Fletcher and was very happy to meet Khalil and hugged them and then took a photo. When Khalil was taking a selfie, Ponting also joined him.

Ricky’s family + their favorite bro = reunited #CSKVPBKS #WHISTLEPODU #Yellove pic.twitter.com/dm7teymgpf

– Chennai Super Kings (@chennaiipl) May 1, 2025

Khalil and Ponting’s special relationship between family

Chennai Super Kings bought Khalil Ahmed for Rs 4.8 crore, before he played for Delhi Capitals for 3 years. At that time, Delhi’s head coach Ricky Ponting was now gone to Punjab. In these 3 years, there was a special relationship between Khalil and Ricky Ponting’s family, which can be seen clearly in this video.

Of course, his CSK team is out of the playoff race of IPL 2025 but Khalil Ahmed’s own performance has been excellent this season. He has taken 14 wickets in 10 matches, an economy 8.85.

Rajasthan Royals with Chennai Super Kings also have ended hope of reaching the playoffs. At present, Mumbai Indians are at the top of the points table, RCB in second place and Punjab Kings at number three, whose coach is Ricky Ponting. If the Gujarat Titans at number four defeats Sunrisers Hyderabad today, then it will come in second place in the table and RCB and Punjab will slip to third and fourth respectively.

IPL 2025: Shreyas Iyer’s captaincy Punjab Kings created history on Tuesday, defending 111 runs in front of Kolkata Knight Riders and won by 16 runs. Preeti Zinta was quite happy after the victory, she met all the players on the field and congratulated her. He also hugged the player of the match Yuzvendra Chahal. Although even after the victory, the mistress of the Punjab team was trembling, he himself told this to the coach!

Chasing 112 runs, Kolkata Knight Riders had a score of 62/2, wanted 50 runs in 75 balls and till this time no one thought that Punjab Kings could win the match from here. But Yuzvendra Chahal broke the partnership and lbw out LBD, the same proved to be the turning point of the match as KKR batsmen collapsed like cards from here. Preeti Zinta’s despair turned into happiness.

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Preity zintaape#Pbksvskkr #Pbksvkkr

— Om Yadav (@omyadav87415088) April 16, 2025

Was Preeti Zinta trembling?

Punjab Kings mistress Preeti first went to the ground after winning, congratulating all the players including captain Shreyas Iyer. During this time she met coach Ricky Ponting and hugged her. After this, she asked the coach to touch both her hands, perhaps she was telling that she is still trembling because she is seen in the video that both her hands are trembling.

Preity zinta was really happy with performance of punjab kings today.
congrats @PUNJABKINSPL For a thriller victory. pic.twitter.com/invuxm6tjb

– (@hiit_man45) April 15, 2025

After this, she went to Yuzvendra Chahal, who became the player of the match, who overturned by losing 4 important wickets. Chahal hunted Angris Raghuvanshi (37), Rinku Singh (2) and Ramandeep Singh (0) after Ajinkya Rahane (17).