Ricky Ponting: Team India has reached England for the five-match Test series
The Indian team is going to play a series for the first time after Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli retired from Tests. Team India has reached England for the five-match Test series. And the team led by Shubman Gill has a big challenge in front of them. Meanwhile, former Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting believes that it will be difficult to replace players like Rohit and Virat.
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Ricky Ponting spoke openly about India’s future in Test cricket in the absence of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. Ponting said in the ICC Review, ‘It is always very difficult to replace players who have been playing for so long, who have played so much Test cricket. But if any country can do this and that too quickly, it can be India, because they have a lot of young talent.’
We have seen Jaiswal and players like him emerge – Ricky Ponting
The former Australian captain said, ‘I have seen this firsthand for 10 years during the IPL. We have seen Jaiswal and players like him emerge, who represented India in international cricket and performed quite well. I think India will easily replace the skill side, but experience is a big thing that they are not going to have.’
He claimed that even in the absence of Rohit and Virat, Team India has the experience of Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul. He also said that India can cope better than most teams in their transition phase.
Ponting finally said, now, even with a young captain like Shubman Gill, they have the experience of people like KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah. But if we look at the transition period, I think India can handle it better than other teams.
