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Monday, August 8, 2011

Ricky Ponting: A champion

        Australia is always known for its champion,for its cricket.its known for bradman,rod laver and the list goes long
.One such champion australian is Former australian captain Ricky ponting.One of the all time great batsman,Ricky ponting hails from a cricketing background.People who saw him bat at young age perhaps thought that this young lad was destined for greatness.and greatness was what he achieved.
        Tagged as the next Don Bradman by the many pundits when he first burst into the scene,he didnt dissapoint.as the age of 20 he made his debut,playing ODI against Srilanka..he soon made his test debut in 1996.He had all the recipies and all the great shots in the world to make him the best batsman of his generation,and he did become the no.1 batsman of his generation.Ricky ponting had the ability to unsettle the bowlers rythm,.he dictated the term when there was the contest with the bowlers.he is a massive front foot batsman and equally great backfoot player.His pull shot is described by many pudits and fans around cricket circle as proobably the greatest cricket shot there is.
          As a captain he was arguably the greatest of them all...2 world cup victory as a captain(3 overall) makes him a special achiever.he is behind only sachin tendulkar and rahul dravid in the list of all time leading scorer in test match history with more than 12000 test runs.
Ricky Ponting is simply the best.
click here for his career profile.

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