Contest Alert | Tell us about your favorite Captain!! | A man had a Spring in his Bat, LOL - Ricky Pointing
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Back in 2000, we used to ask a question by how many runs or wickets India has lost the match against Australia. it was the same for other teams as well. Australia was ruling world cricket by their outstanding performance. Australia has managed to win three back to back world cup in 1999, 2003, and 2007. Out of this three, two trophies were lifted by the worlds best caption RICKY POINTING. I know as an Indian, I have been a fan of MS DHONI and SAURAV GANGULY for their outstanding and implacable contribution towards making the Indian team as strong as Australia used to be in early 2000-2005. But when it comes to Captaining the team, Ricky Pointing Steal the show compared to other captains. his records are outstanding at home and in away games.
1) Fearless Captain
We always talk about how cool is MS Dhoni. But when it comes to winning the game anyhow by hook or crook, Ricky pointing has been known for his sledging behaviour on the pitch. if you like Virat Kohli doing the same for the sake of winning the game, you can't hate Ricky pointing doing the same for his country. I believe that cricket is played by minds, and the player's mental coolness should always be tested. if not, John Cena would have been playing matches for America LOL.
2) Winning Two Back to Back One day World Cups
We may consider Winning one world cup would be luck or shinning days for the captain. But winning two worlds cup and that is back to back is not a cakewalk. I know Pointing had world-class players such as Shane Warne, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath and pointing Himself but winning two high-pressure world cup finals is still a very commendable job pointing had done.
3) Winning Two Back to Back Champions Trophies
Under the captainship of Ricky Pontin, Kangaroos have won the Champions Trophy back to back editions in 2006 and 2009. These years were the golden year of pointing in his own career as well.
4) His own Reconds - Phenomenon
If the captain himself is performing outstandingly, the entire team always try to add value and grab the match towards himself. throughout his career, he has been phenomenal as a batsman and captain. How a man who has smashed 41 century as a captain can not be the best captain any team have. I believe it's the highest centuries number of the century as captain. overall he has smashed 68905 runs with 187 centuries and 356 fifties.
5) Captainship Records in the Test
Ponting's win-loss ratio of 3.00 is next only to Steve Waugh and Viv Richards. Out of a total of 16 loss, five loss came in his last seven Tests. Before that Ponting's win-loss record was 47-11, at a ratio of 4.27, the second-highest among all other captains.
6) Captainship Records in the One-Day
In ODIs, Ponting's record stays the best compared to another captain. In the world cup, out of 29 games he captained, Australia ended up by whooping 26, tied one, and lost only two. Think about it, No captain has a record of winning 90% of the game he played as captain in the world cup except RICKY.
7) Captain Vs Batsman
There are very few players who have performed so well after becoming a caption. Even the God of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar's had a poor performance during his captainship. Very rare players who have shone under the throne of captainships such as Ricky Pointing, Virat Kohli, and Viv Richards. Under Captainship pressure, they have performed outstandingly than playing as only Batman.
8) Longest Winning streak
You may know that Australia has managed to win 34 one-day and test matches continuously back to back. Out of that 34 matches, 27 matches were won by Australia under Ricky Pointing's captainship.
9) Made a Mumbai Indian - IPL Champion
We all know that MI was not playing good cricket in a couple of the initial IPL seasons (2007, 2008, 2009). but when Ricky pointing was announced as head coach, the team came out as a champion. Even Rohit Sharma, MI captain, has told this publically that Mumbai Indians have won four IPL titles (now five) just because of Ricky Pointing. He has taught art of leading the side to Rohit Sharma.
10) Now its time For Delhi Captial - To Be IPL Champion
Since the inception of IPL, Delhi Capital was performing so poorly that they used to stay at the bottom of the table till 2018. In 2018, DD announced Ricky Pointing as head coach and see the difference. Now We consider DD as Strong and Capable of Winning any match. Only a good captain can teach how to lead any side. So yes Ricky Pointing Is a great player, Captain, and coach as well.
So yes
For Me, RICKY POINTING IS THE BEST CAPTION A WORLD CRICKET EVER PRODUCED
That's all from my side
Thank you @supunchandra for organizing such a nice Contest
Thank you all
Im agree with you he is a legend 😍
I still remember in that time if you win against australia in home condition too then it was a great achievement, he made his team like that.
I was expecting him...Punter. You don't wanna mess with Aussies in his time ❤️
If we talk about captainship, one must not forget his continuation towards Aussies @sapunchandra