Delhi: Former Australia captain and veteran batsman Ricky Ponting has praised the recent performance of the New Zealand cricket team. He said that in ICC competitions, the Kiwi team always shows a great game and the way they performed in this tournament, they should be proud of it. New Zealand recently reached the final of the Champions Trophy 2025, where the Indian team defeated him by 4 wickets and won the trophy.
Ponting believes that it is just a matter of time when New Zealand will also be successful in winning the ICC title. The Kiwi team has played 7 ICC finals so far, but has won only twice – ICC Nockout Trophy in 2000 and World Test Championship in 2021. However, he lost to Australia in the final of the 2021 T20 World Cup.
In the latest episode of ICC Review, Ponting said, “I don’t think the campaign of New Zealand was bad. He showed a brilliant game and performed tremendously throughout the tournament. At the beginning of the tournament, when I was asked to choose four semi -finalists, New Zealand was on my list, because they always do it. “
Ponting termed New Zealand’s 50 -run win over South Africa in the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy 2025. In this match, the Kiwi team scored 362 runs while batting first, which is the biggest score in the history of the Champions Trophy. The match was played at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
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