During the commentary, Ricky Ponting correctly predicted a wicket three times. Ricky Ponting is considered one of the game’s greatest players, and he was one of the best leaders to have ever played.
Ponting has won the most ICC trophies (4) as a captain, however, MS Dhoni is the only skipper to win all three of the ICC trophies. Recently, Ponting gained notoriety for properly calling Nikhil Chaudhary’s wicket in a BBL match between the Melbourne Stars and the Hobart Hurricanes.
At the time of the prediction, Nathan Coulter-Nile was about to hit a run in for the third delivery of the eighteenth over with the Hurricanes at 158/4. Let’s examine three further situations in which Ricky Ponting accurately predicted the wicket.
Ricky Ponting correctly predicted a wicket three times
- During Australia’s three-match Test series against South Africa in 2022, Ponting made headlines on social media once more when he correctly predicted Marco Jansen’s wicket. They have recovered about three-quarters of the way.
A build-up of pressure is being used to entice him to try to go too far, according to Ponting. Ponting’s forecast amazed fans, who praised him profusely on social media. In the end, Australia prevailed by six wickets in the Brisbane Test.
- Another forecast made by Ricky Ponting during the 2021 Ashes Test was spot on. Australia finally took a 2-0 lead in the five-match series after winning the day-night Test by 275 runs.
After spotting a mechanical fault in Cam Green’s stance during the match, Ponting sensed that the England bowlers would target his stumps. Shortly after, Ben Stokes dismissed him with a full, straight delivery.
- In his last Test, Ponting predicted the bowler who would be able to remove David Warner. Warner was comfortable facing Sajid Khan, but Ponting thought it was time to bring in Salman, who had demonstrated excellent bowling in the days leading up to the Test match.
“Salman’s off-spin in the first two Test matches was extremely excellent. It appears to me that he receives more work on the ball than Sajid does. Sajid hasn’t turned many today. Valuable to give a quick try before lunch,” Ponting stated on Channel Seven.
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