Delhi: Former Australian cricket team captain Ricky Ponting explained the reasons for the Pakistani team being early out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Let us know that Pakistan became the first team to be out of the Champions Trophy, while they entered the tournament as hosts and defending champions.
Pakistan played their first match in the Champions Trophy against New Zealand in Karachi and the second match against arch -rivals India in Dubai, they lost both matches. Ponting questioned whether the Pakistan team is using the talent of Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan properly.
He said, “The team failed to take advantage. Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan could not perform their best. Both of them should have moved more and more runs, but both of them could not perform well in the first 2 matches of the tournament. ” Ponting said that this may be the reason that Pakistan team could not reach the semi -finals.
The former veteran batsman also praised India’s great batter Virat Kohli for performing well in high pressure matches and said, “I have always said that big players are needed to win big matches and the biggest competition for India was the match against Pakistan.”
He added, “Your reputation is made on how you perform in the biggest competitions on the international stage, so it is no surprise for me that Kohli performed so.”
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