Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which begins on November 22, the war of words continues between Indian team head coach Gautam Gambhir and former Australia captain Ricky Ponting. Today, Ponting is described as “hot-tempered”. Moreover, they mocked Gambhir’s statement.
After the Indian coach’s statement on Monday, November 11, the former Australian captain laughingly told News-7, “I was surprised to read the reaction, but I know coach Gautam Gambhir. He has a prickly character. So I wasn’t too surprised that he said something.
Two days ago, Gautam Gambhir, while defending Kohli, had said that Ponting should focus on Australian cricket, what does he have to do with Indian cricket. Earlier, Ponting had expressed concern over Virat Kohli’s form.
Gautam Gambhir was speaking to the media before the Indian team left for Australia.
He said: If they come and shake my hand. When the presenter asked Ponting that if he met Gambhir, he would shake his hand, so Ponting jokingly replied: “If they come to me, then yes.” I don’t expect that from them. We have a lot of history against each other. I actually coached him at Delhi Capitals and he is quite irritable.
He also clarified his statement, saying, “I wasn’t being sarcastic. Here, Ponting clarified his old statement on Kohli. He said, “It was in no way a sarcasm towards him (Kohli). I actually remember him saying that he did well in Australia and would love to come back here… If you ask Virat, I’m sure he’ll be a bit worried about not being able to score centuries like the previous ones. years. I couldn’t come.
Ponting had said about the recent statement: “Kohli’s form is a matter of concern because in the last 5 years, this Indian batsman could only score two centuries in Test cricket. He also said that this star batsman is capable of making a comeback and there can be no better place than Australia for that.
Gambhir had said, “What does Ponting have to do with Indian cricket? Gambhir had said before the Indian team left for the Australia tour: “What does Ponting have to do with Indian cricket? I think he should be worried about Australian cricket. The most important thing is that whether it is Virat or Rohit, I am not worried about anyone.
Gambhir had defended Kohli and said he would make a comeback.
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Shami can play in Border-Gavaskar Trophy
Indian fast bowler Mohammed Shami can play against Australia in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy from November 22. Indianewsget’s sources said the Indian team management had asked the 34-year-old fast bowler to take part in Bengal’s Ranji match against Madhya Pradesh, which will be held in Indore from November 13. Moreover, a selector was also sent to test Shami’s fitness in this match.