Many individuals jokingly claimed Ricky Ponting used a spring in his bat after his century in opposition to India within the 2003 ODI World Cup finals.
Ricky Ponting (Picture by way of ESPN)
Ricky Ponting performed an necessary half in successful Australia the 2003 ODI World Cup finals in opposition to India. The Australian captain scored a mammoth 140* off 121, hitting eight maximums.
After the loss, many Indians joked that Ponting had a spring in his bat that helped him in hitting these sixes. Twenty-one years after the finals, Ponting lastly spoke in regards to the rumors of the ‘spring bat’.
Delhi Capitals (DC) lately uploaded a video the place content material creator Satish Ray tried to get Ricky Ponting to speak in regards to the spring bat. Ponting stored on denying the rumors earlier than mocking the influencer.
Spring bat? I’ve by no means even heard of a spring bat. What's a spring bat? Is it within the deal with? Is it contained in the face of the bat? I’ve by no means heard of it. Clearly it has been spoken about in India, not in Australia. There is no such thing as a such factor as a spring bat. You need to all go and do your homework.Ricky Ponting stated
Ponting scored 415 runs within the 2003 ODI World Cup. The Australian captain has led his group to consecutive World Cup finals and gained in 2007 as nicely. He didn’t win the World Cup in his remaining try, being knocked out by eventual champions India.
Ricky Ponting reveals he has stored a set of bats used for every century
Ricky Ponting has scored 71 worldwide centuries, the third most. He’s behind Indian batters Virat Kohli (80) and Sachin Tendulkar (100).
In an occasion, he revealed he has stored all of the bats he has scored centuries with. The DC coach stated he has marked every bat with the rating and the group it was in opposition to. This assortment additionally consists of the bat used within the 2003 ODI World Cup finals, which he has posted about earlier than.
I stored each bat I scored a world hundred with and I write on it, the rating and who it was in opposition to. It isn't prefer it's displayed in my home. I hold these in my storage.Ricky Ponting in an occasion
Ponting at the moment coaches DC, a job he has held since 2018. DC had their finest outcomes beneath him, because the group reached the 2020 IPL finals. Since then they’ve reached the play-offs solely as soon as and are at the moment sixth within the 2024 IPL.
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