Ricky Ponting, the esteemed former Australian captain, has shared his insights on India‘s extended battle to safe ICC trophies regardless of their abundance of proficient cricketers and world superstars.
India’s points with profitable ICC trophies
Regardless of possessing a deep reservoir of expertise and the sturdy backing of the world’s wealthiest cricket board, India has confronted problem in clinching ICC trophies on the senior males’s degree over the previous decade.
Their final ICC triumph dates again to the Champions Trophy in 2013. Since then, whereas India have constantly carried out properly within the group phases and league rounds of ICC occasions, they’ve faltered in essential moments, experiencing a number of losses in finals and semi-finals throughout all three codecs of the sport since 2014.
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Ricky Ponting’s perspective on India’s trophy drought
Ponting, presently commentating in New York for the ICC T20 World Cup 2024, highlighted India’s battle in managing stress throughout essential phases of ICC tournaments.
In a dialog with PTI, Ponting emphasised the significance of sustaining a transparent mindset and focus amidst exterior pressures, significantly as groups progress to the enterprise finish of competitions. He underscored the importance of dealing with stress and navigating via difficult conditions, citing it as a decisive think about figuring out victory or defeat in T20 cricket.
“You’ve obtained to attempt to preserve a transparent thoughts the place you may concentrate on the duty at hand moderately than pondering too far forward or worrying about any form of exterior pressures,” Ponting mentioned.
“There’s no doubting the expertise (in India squad), however we additionally shouldn’t overlook that the World Cups will not be simple to win. There are all the most effective gamers on the earth collectively at one time in numerous contrasting circumstances. So look there’s positively a mindset factor to it. The way you take care of stress, the way you deal with stress, the way you assume your method via sure conditions is the distinction between profitable and dropping a T20 recreation,” the 49-year-old added.
Peaking and efficiency
Drawing from his expertise as a two-time World Cup-winning captain, Ponting emphasised the need for groups to peak on the proper time, significantly throughout knockout phases of main tournaments. He confused the pivotal function performed by top-performing gamers in shaping a group’s success, highlighting the Australian groups’ means to excel throughout crucial phases of competitions.
“One factor you recognize about World Cups, it’s important to have your greatest gamers enjoying properly on the proper time. Australian groups are enjoying their greatest cricket proper on the again half of the event and peaking once more on the proper time in a significant occasion,” Ponting concluded.
