Ravichandran Ashwin hammers Ricky Ponting over ‘India haven’t been upto the mark’ remark
Ricky Ponting, Ravichandran Ashwin (Image Credit: Twitter)
India has played four games, won three, and lost one so far in the ongoing 20-20 World Cup 2022. Two of three wins have come in the games that might have gone either way. These matches were played against Pakistan and Bangladesh. The 2007 winners did dominate the Netherlands while losing closely to South Africa. Meanwhile, recently, the former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting was critical of the former champions’ performances in the ongoing tournament.
He said that the 2007 winners haven’t been at their best. However, the two-time World Cup-winning skipper spoke highly of Virat Kohli’s innings and said that if India wins the tournament, Kohli would play a big role in it.
“India haven’t been at their best yet, but Virat has been very very good in a couple of games. He is now the leading run-scorer in the history of the T20 World Cup and I think if India are to actually progress and go on to win, they need Virat there to be playing really well,” Ponting had told reporters.
It is unfair to say a team hasn’t stepped up: Ravichandran Ashwin
In reply, India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has ‘hammered’ Ricky Ponting for his remarks. The former has said that the T20I cricket is about small margins.
“The experts themselves feel they are catching up with the game seeing how it has evolved. So, it would be unfair to say that the team has not stepped up or the team is not looking at its best. It is about how one performs on the day and how are you going to counter a bowler who has bowled a good over. You cannot nail it down and say a team has not played good cricket or wonderful cricket. T20 cricket is standing on small margins so to make any reviews, I would just say that make a review after the game,” he added. Ashwin said in the pre-match conference on Saturday.
India will play their last Super 12 game against Zimbabwe on November 6. A win for the Men in Blue would ensure a top spot in the Group Two points table and will either play England (if they win the ongoing game against Sri Lanka) or Australia in the semis.
