Rahul Dravid believes Ponting is still the danger man – Cricket News Update
The prolific middle order batsman of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 skipper Ricky Ponting calling him a great player who will pose a threat to his side during the four-match Test series starting in Melbourne
next week.
The middle order mainstay of India, also known as The Wall in the Indian camp, insisted on Wednesday that the struggling Tasmanian batsman will be the danger man for them during the series between the two former world number one Test sides. The match gets
underway on Boxing Day.
"I think he is still a great player. He showed in the couple of Test matches that he played against us in India that he is still - I'd say he is still - the best Australian batsman," Dravid was quoted as saying by a leading Australian sports website.
"From our perspective I hope he can start a golden run after our series. When you read his name on the sheet he is still one of the most feared, there is no doubt about it," the Indian Test veteran added further.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RT-Ponting-c2377, the former Australia skipper who led the Kangaroos to two of their three successive world cup wins, has been struggling with his form over the past couple of years. The 37-year-old Tasmanian batsman has not scored a century in his last 32
innings. After falling for single digits in 13 Test innings, the middle order batsman scored a half century against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/New-Zealand-c754 in Brisbane.
Ponting’s lean patch, spanning almost two years, has seen a number of former Australia players and other cricket Pundits asking him to bid adieu to international cricket. Many have mentioned the age factor as well but Dravid (38) said that he himself has
been through all this two years ago but eventually he found his form and is now India’s leading Test scorer of the season. He has scored 1067 Test runs this season, which includes five centuries.
Dravid’s support for Ponting has come after http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Geoffrey-Francis-Lawson-c58815 said that it is the high time for the Tasmanian to call it quits and if he did not, then the selectors might do so.
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