"It Will Hurt More Than 2018 Loss, It Will Dig Really Deep"- Ricky Ponting

The former Australian legendary Batsman Ricky Ponting believes that the series loss for Australia today will hurt more than the series loss in 2018 due to the strength of both the squads. Australia missed their key players of Steve Smith and David Warner in 2018 series but they played with the full squad in this series against an injury-prone Indian side, yet failed to win the Border Gavaskar Trophy.

“Even If It Was A Draw, That Would Be A Worse Result For Australia” – Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting had mentioned that a draw today will be worse than the series defeat in 2018. He said about the statement that Australian experts had made that if Warner and Smith were available at 2018, it would have been a different situation and now he praises Indian players to have put a spirited effort to claim the series 2-1. India is the only Asian team that has won on Australian soil and now the number of series wins in Australia has gone up to two.

“You can’t speak highly enough of India, it is as simple as that. I said yesterday on air, it looked like this game might be a draw, and even if it was a draw, that would be a worse result for Australia than when they lost (the home series) two years ago,” said Ponting.

Ricky Ponting’s Prediction Proved Wrong

Ricky Ponting had earlier predicted that the series will be whitewashed by Australia after the first test. But even without the experienced players and the established bowlers, India managed to win the Melbourne test under the stand-in captain Ajinkya Rahane and now they pulled off a great victory on the last day of the fifth test. India now holds the record for the highest total chased down at Gabba and Australia’s Brisbane will no longer be their fortress after their loss today.

This was the message conveyed by Ricky Ponting after the first test loss which was proved wrong by the young gutsy Indian Cricket team.