BGT 2024: War of words broke out between Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting, Virat Kohli’s form became an issue.

Fans are eagerly waiting for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, in which a five-match Test series is to be played between India and Australia. The Indian team has reached Australia for this series. Before this series, a war of words has started between the two countries. This war of words is going on between Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir and Ricky Ponting, which was started by Ricky Ponting, then Gautam Gambhir gave a befitting reply to it. Now Ricky Ponting has hit back at that befitting reply.

 

Currently, this controversy started when Ricky Ponting, while talking on the ICC Podcast, raised questions on the recent form of Indian batsman Virat Kohli. Ponting said that in the last five years, Virat has scored only three centuries in 60 Test innings, which is very less for a top batsman like him. He also said that if any other batsman like Kohli had performed like this, he would probably have been out of the team by now. According to Ponting, the fact that a top order batsman has scored only three centuries in the last five years is worrying.

Indian coach Gautam Gambhir had given a befitting reply to this comment of Ricky Ponting. In the press conference, Gambhir said that Ponting has nothing to do with Indian cricket, he should focus on his country’s team. Players like Virat and Rohit are very important for Indian cricket and they have contributed a lot to Indian cricket. Will continue to give further, I am not worried about his form.

However, Ponting did not remain silent after this and hit back at Gambhir’s reaction. He described Gambhir as having a fiery personality and said that he expected a similar reaction from him. Ponting also said that, my intention was not to criticize Kohli, but I believe that Kohli always performs well in Australia and this time too he will see a good performance.