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Ricky Ponting, the former Australian captain, has revealed to the “The Age”, a shock that he got immediately after handing over the leadership reins to Michael Clarke two months back.
Ponting was not invited to a meeting of the team management that was convened by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Bangladesh-c747 tour.
Recalling the incident of the meeting day, Ponting said:
“Wasn't told that I wasn't in the leadership group any more, basically.We had the first meeting of the tour ... it was about 3 o'clock in the afternoon and I was ringing around trying to get the coach or manager to find out if I was expected to be there”.
I couldn't get in touch with them ... so I just went down and pulled the door open and they were sitting in there”.
Though Clarke and other Kangaroo players apologised to Ponting later, he felt sad and distraught about his sudden drop in stature.
Ponting is regarded as the most successful Australian captain. Under his leadership, the Aussies claimed two ICC Cricket World Cup titles in a row in 2003 and 2007. He was also part of the squad that won the 1999 edition of the tournament.
Despite Ponting’s tremendous achievements, the Australian nation could not tolerate his collapse in the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/ICC-World-Cup-2011-c100625 Cricket World Cup 2011 and started raising questions about his captaincy. In order to avoid media and public trial, the legendary skipper opted for
his punishment on his own, and, resigned from his post.
Suppressing his ego, Ponting is now playing merely as a middle-order batsman under the leadership of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Clarke-c51120. He is supposed to bat at No 6 but he wants to strike at No 3.
Adding to Ponting’s post-captaincy dilemmas, the former Australian spinner, Shane Warne, has recently given a statement, alarming the former captain that he might be axed, such as http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Simon-Mathew-Katich-c90404, due to his low batting averages.
Warne said, “I think what they are trying to do with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ricardo-Gouveia-c84824 at the moment is say 'well let's take the captaincy off him and see how it goes”.
Ponting has himself confessed that he has been underperforming since the last few months.
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