Following India’s humiliating defeat in Adelaide Test, Ricky Ponting said India need to strengthen their batting by including Rishabh Pant as he feel there’s nobody left to pick them up with Virat Kohli gone.
Agarwal and Shaw aggregated just 30 between them across the two innings of the first Test which India lost by eight wickets.
Ashwin showcased his class by taking four wickets, including the prized scalp of Steve Smith, as Australia were bowled out for 191 in the first innings on day two of the pink ball Test at the Adelaide Oval.
The seasoned off-spinner reaped the rewards for bowling wide off the crease, feels the former Australian skipper.
Ricky Ponting accurately predicted Prithvi Shaw's dismissal during his commentary stint in the 1st Test in Adelaide.
He scored 4, 0, 0, 1 in his last four innings during the two warm-up games ahead of the four-Test series against India.
Stoinis scored 352 runs and snapped 13 wickets to play a big role in Delhi Capitals, coached by Ponting, reaching the final of the recent IPL in the UAE.
The former Australia captain has not wasted time and is working right from the start of the session to the end of it, throwing balls at the nets
Harbhajan, who played 103 Test matches and took 417 wickets in his career, dismissed Test cricket's second-highest run-getter 10 times.
Delhi Capitals spinner Ravichandran Ashwin has revealed his side's coach Ricky Ponting and RCB captain Virat Kohli were involved in a heated altercation.
After losing the first Qualifier, Capitals had made a strong return by defeating SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) in the second one.
Going into the summit clash, four-time champions MI have the psychological advantage over DC, who will appear in their maiden final.
Brad Hogg believes that Rishabh Pant has been "told by Ricky Ponting" to play a little more conservatively.
Delhi will get another shot at making the title clash in Qualifier on Sunday after being outplayed by Mumbai on Thursday night.
Having qualified for the playoffs for the second season running, Delhi Capitals' captain Shreyas Iyer was elated with his team's performance.
A few days ago, Delhi Capitals occupied the top spot in points table and looked set to roll into playoffs. However, they have lost three games in a row.
Wriddhiman Saha scored a brilliant 87-run knock off just 45 deliveries to steer SRH to a strong total of 219/2 against Delhi Capitals on Tuesday.
Delhi Capitals promoted Marcus Stoinis and Shimron Hetmyer at 3rd and 4th position respectively in the 220-run chase against Sunrisers Hyderabad.
Shikhar Dhawan became the first cricketer in the history of IPL to score successive centuries.
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