New Delhi: Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has wants the same Australia XI for Adelaide Test against India as the first match and suggested an aggressive mindset against the world-class Indian bowling line-up to bounce back in the series. India registered a monumental 295-run victory in the first Test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy in Perth to go 1-0 up in the five-Test series as Jasprit Bumrah-led side dined out on a struggling Aussie batting line-up.
While Ponting acknowledged Australia was well below their best in the first Test, the former skipper wants no team changes made for the pink-ball contest in Adelaide.
“I’d be sticking with the same side. I think you have to show faith in champion players and a lot of the guys that we’re talking about in this team have been champion players. Maybe not for a little while, but they have proven their ability on the big stage,” Ponting declared on the most recent episode of The ICC Review.
Former No.1 ranked Test batter Marnus Labuschagne, in particular, has faced scrutiny for his performance in the first Test. The right-hander’s made just 2 and 3, respectively, in the first Test loss to India, and afterward calls for Labuschagne to be dropped have emerged.
“He’s really got to find a way to turn it around. Marnus looked the most tentative out of all the batters in Perth. Yes, it was high-quality bowling on a difficult wicket, but he needs to find a way to turn it around,” Ponting said of Labuschagne. IANS
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