Australia’s world cup winning captain Ricky Ponting has revealed his players to watch out for in the 14th edition of the Indian Premier League starting today. Ponting, who is currently the coach of the Delhi Capitals, has backed one player each from the remaining seven franchises of the league in an interview with cricket.com.au.
From the camp of the defending champions Mumbai Indias, Ponting has out his weight behind Hardik Pandya while the emerging Indian talent Devdutt Radikal has earned an honourable mention from Ponting among his Royal Challengers teammates.
From one of the most consistent IPL teams over the years—the Chennai Super Kings, Ponting has backed Suresh Raina to have a memorable season after opting out of the tournament last year.
Ponting has backed the mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarathy to have an impressive season from the Kolkata Knight Riders camp, after missing out on playing for India after the last edition of IPL due to injuries.
From the newly-renamed Punjab Kings, Ponting has thrown his backings behind the highly aggressive batsman Nicholas Pooran who is tasting a lot of success in the shortest formats of the game in the recent past.
T Natarajan, who emerged as one of the finds of the last season for the Sunriser Hyderabad has been touted to have another brilliant season with the ball in IPL 2021.
From the highly enterprising Rajasthan Royals camp, Ponting has backed on the stars of Rahul Tewatia to produce magical performances one more time after steering his team out of trouble on numerous occasions last year.
Notably, Ponting will be in the charge of the Delhi Capitals who will be missing the services of their regular skipper Shreyas Iyer and Ponting will be hoping the stand-in skipper Rishabh Pant will be the eighth player apart from his list of players to have a shining season.