Delhi : Punjab Kings have taken an important decision ahead of the Indian Premier League 2025. According to media reports, Ricky Ponting has been appointed as the new head coach of Punjab Kings. Ponting was earlier the coach of Delhi Capitals and after parting ways with Delhi recently, he had said that he wanted to remain in the IPL. Now, as per his wish, Preity Zinta's team has signed him.
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He was the coach of Delhi for 7 years
Ricky Ponting has been a great player and captain, and he has been the head coach of Delhi Capitals for the last seven years. Although the Delhi team could not become the champion under his coaching, it managed to reach the final in IPL 2020. Interestingly, Mumbai Indians won the IPL title in 2015 under Ponting's coaching. Ponting has a long experience in IPL, which is going in his favor, and this is the reason why Punjab Kings have made him the coach.
Ponting won another tournament
Recently, Ricky Ponting took over as the head coach of the Washington Freedom team in Major League Cricket, where the team won the title under his leadership. The team was captained by Steve Smith, and also included players like Maxwell and Head. Now, Preity Zinta and her team would like Ponting to create the same magic with Punjab Kings. It is worth noting that Punjab Kings have not won the IPL yet, and Ponting has the talent to give them their first title.
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Ponting was less successful as captain but still had an impressive record, with 48 wins from 77 Tests being the second-highest winning percentage in the history of the game after Steve Waugh, although he lost three Ashes series and the matches against South Africa and India.
Under Ponting's leadership, Australia played seven Test matches in India, of which India won five and the remaining two were draws. Ponting, who made his Test debut against Sri Lanka in Perth on 8 December 1995, captained Australia in 77 Test matches.
