Ricky Ponting reveals best fast bowler in the world
Published on: Jan 12, 2020 1:04 pm IST|Updated on: Jan 12, 2020 1:36 pm IST
Ricky Ponting has recently joined social media and he is already making headlines among the followers. In an interaction session with his followers, Ricky answered many questions from Twitterati.
“Pat Cummins best in the world
Ricky Ponting has declared Pat Cummins as best fast bowler going around at the moment in world cricket. He said this while answering a question from one of his followers. He tweeted, “I think what Pat Cummins has done over the last 12 months has him clearly the best fast bowler in the world”.
I think what Pat Cummins has done over the last 12 months has him clearly the best fast bowler in the world https://t.co/mtdsYB8tdH
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
Pat Cummins is in great touch in last 18 months and bowling at his best in International cricket. He was instrumental in Australia retaining the Ashes last year in United Kingdom. He was also the highest wicket taker in international cricket for the year 2019. Kolkata Knight Riders broke the bank in IPL auction to retain his services and in process, Cummins became most expensive overseas buy in IPL history.
Ricky Ponting also reveals many other favourites
Ricky Ponting answered many other questions from his fans during the session. He calls Adelaide Oval as his favourite place to bat and Justin Langer as his favourite batting partner. He also terms Andrew Flintoff as most difficult bowler to face when he was at his best. Here are best of his tweets:
Adelaide Oval was definitely my favourite place in the world to bat https://t.co/iPt09b0b3R
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
Justin Langer was my favourite batting partner and to this day would love to bat with him one more time https://t.co/ZbuVXHtTEV
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
Andrew Flintoff at his best https://t.co/LJTjGXJnm8
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
The biggest challenge you face coaching an IPL team is how late most of your overseas players arrive. When you're trying to build team plans and team culture, it's really hard to do in such a short space of time https://t.co/UfQUlhAgaq
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
Two of the great bowlers of all time, was never easy facing them in the nets and thankful I didn't have to face them in the middle much https://t.co/seKXD7EB4g
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah set to lock horns
Pat Cummins and Jasprit Bumrah are all set to clash during the upcoming ODI series. This match-up between two of the best fast bowlers is already a Mouthwatering prospect for the fans. The series will kickoff at Wankhede on 14th January followed by matches at Rajkot and Bengaluru on 17th and 19th.
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