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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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. “