File picture of Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting.© AFP
Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes India head coach Gautam Gambhir’s latest crack at him about stalwart Virat Kohli’s kind comes right down to deflecting strain following their house sequence whitewash in opposition to New Zealand. The aspect of spice has added one other layer of depth to the rivalry between two Take a look at heavyweights of modern-day cricket. Issues began to flare up after Gambhir took a jibe at Ponting for criticizing Kohli for his latest kind. The previous Australian skipper’s feedback did not sit effectively with the Indian head coach.
Gambhir questioned Ponting’s relevance to Indian cricket whereas reflecting on his remarks concerning the Indian stalwart.
Ponting suspects that Gambhir’s response was partly concocted to deflect strain off a staff that misplaced a house Take a look at sequence for the primary time in 24 years.
“[As with] any chief or management position round worldwide groups, they’re the one who has received to take some bullets typically. You are the one who has to take a seat there in entrance of the media while you’ve misplaced. Very often while you win it’s going to be the gamers who get to speak about it,” Ponting stated as quoted from The Sydney Morning Herald forward of the opening Take a look at in Perth on Friday.
“Let’s not neglect this little prickly factor that occurred between him and I used to be off the again of them shedding that sequence 3-0. Immediately he would’ve had his defences up, [and] then I say one thing that did not thrill him that a lot, however you’d anticipate it to be that approach while you perceive his character,” he famous.
Ponting expects Gambhir to reply with comparable feedback if he continues to be underneath strain on the again of India’s dwindling performances.
“If he is underneath strain, if India aren’t enjoying effectively through the summer season, and he feels a bit underneath strain, I believe plenty of his responses can be a bit bit much like the best way he was the opposite day,” Ponting famous.
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