Ricky Ponting Names The Bowlers He Did Not Like Facing
Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting recently made his debut on Twitter and he is already becoming a fan favourite on the social media platform. And to make sure that he gets more close to the fans, the legendary batsman recently conducted a question-answer session on Twitter. As soon as Ricky Ponting told the fans about the session, he was bombarded with questions of all kinds.
One of the questions was to name the bowlers he least like facing. Ricky Ponting is one of the greatest batsmen to have graced the game. He retired from the game as the second highest run-scorer in Tests, having scored a staggering 13,378 runs in 168 Tests. In ODIs, he scored 13,704 runs and won three World Cups, two as captain.
No surprises then that there were not many bowlers who managed to dominate Ponting. However, there were some who managed to do that and Ricky Ponting recently revealed their names. The legendary batsman revealed that he did not like facing former Pakistan pacer Wasim Akram and former West Indies pacer Curtly Ambrose. He also pointed out India spinner Harbhajan Singh’s name as he wrote:
“Wasim Akram and Curtly Ambrose were easily the best fast bowlers I’ve ever faced. Shoaib Akhtar clearly the quickest but Harbhajan Singh got me out more than anybody”
Wasim Akram and Curtly Ambrose were easily the best fast bowlers I've ever faced. Shoaib Akhtar clearly the quickest but Harbhajan Singh got me out more than anybody https://t.co/17bIbPD6H3
— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) January 12, 2020
Harbhajan Singh and Ricky Ponting did enjoy an enthralling duel with each other during their glorious careers. The rivalry between Ricky Ponting and Harbhajan Singh was forged during the historic 2001 Test series in India. Ricky Ponting managed just 17 runs for the series with Harbhajan Singh dismissing him five times out of five on his way to 32 wickets in the series.
Overall, the two faced each other a total of 47 times – 14 times in Test matches and 33 times in 50-over matches. In Tests, Harbhajan dismissed the Aussie on 10 occasions while in ODIs, he got the better of Ponting on only there occasions.
