Former World Cup winner and Australia captain Ricky Ponting has branded India as the team to beat in the World Cup 2023 and also praised Rohit Sharma for his captaincy.
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Talking about Rohit, Ponting compared his personality with former captain Virat Kohli and said that the Mumbai Indians skipper has done a “great job” for hsi country.
“He’s very laid back, Rohit. Very laid back with everything he does. You can even see that by the way that he plays. He’s a pretty laconic sort of batsman as well, and that’s the way he is both on and off the field,” Ponting told ICC.
“Someone like Virat, who is a bit more heart-on-the-sleeve, and probably listens to the fans and plays up with the fans a little bit more, someone with his personality would probably find it a bit harder,” the World Cup winner added.
“But I think Rohit will be fine with it. He’s a terrific bloke and has been a great player for a long time, and he’s done a great job as leader of India.”
Ponting added that India, who are on a three-game winning streak, will face pressure at some point of time in the tournament but Rohit can help the team handle that with his attitude.
“We can’t sit back and say that the pressure won’t get to them (India) at some stage, or it won’t affect them, because it will, just with the enormity of the tournament.
“But he’ll (Rohit) take it and cope with it as well as probably anyone,” he said.
The former batter said that India is the team to beat in the World Cup with all bases covered.
“I said from the start that I think they’re going to be the team to beat. They’ve got a very talented team,” he said.
“They’ve got all bases covered with their fast bowling, their spin and their top-order, middle-order batting. They’re going to be extremely hard to beat. But we’ll see how they hold up under extreme pressure as well,” Ponting concluded.
India’s next match is against Bangladesh in Pune on Thursday.
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