Ponting passes the test

Gregor Mactaggart, Sportal

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Australian captain Ricky Ponting has shown his harmed finger is ready to mount up to the rigours of the World Cup.

In his initial rival bat given the Boxing Day Test, Ponting top-scored with 57 as Australia suffered the 38-run improved to India in their World Cup warm-up compare during Bangalore.

“I had 3 or 4 precision sessions prior to this diversion as great as it was great to outlay time in the middle. It was good,” Ponting said.

But the skipper was incompetent to forestall the catastrophic fall by the fortifying champions, who mislaid 9-58 in the space of sixteen overs after seeking set for feat during 1-118 in reply to India’s 214 total.

Australia was dismantled by India’s multi-pronged turn conflict which took 9 of the 10 wickets.

Leg-spinner Piyush Chawla broken the Australian middle-order upon his approach to 4-31 off 9 overs, whilst Harbhajan Singh chipped in with 3-15.

“We were disappointing, you should have played improved than you did in those conditions,” Ponting said.

Ponting felt the home side’s spinners took full value of what he described as an under-prepared pitch.

“I’ve played the lot of one-day cricket in India as great as you do not consider I’ve ever played upon as great most wickets similar to which the single tonight,” Ponting said.

“It was tough to bat upon right by the day. It spun the lot in the second innings. Hopefully as the contest goes on, you will get improved wickets than this one.”

Ponting’s Indian reflection MS Dhoni concluded which the wicket lucky spin.

“It will be formidable to follow anything over 230-odd upon such kinds of tracks,” Dhoni said.

“It would be great if the wicket turns somewhat reduction ahead.”

Dhoni praised the work of Chawla, regarded by Indian media as the warn inclusion in the World Cup squad, though showed he might great infer the match-winner during the tournament.

“Piyush turns the peculiar the single as great as has the really great wrong ‘un,” Dhoni said.

India will acquire behind master batsman Sachin Tendulkar for their subsequent warm-up compare opposite New Zealand in Chennai, whilst Zaheer Khan might skip again by the teenager groin strain.

Australia is approaching to acquire behind Brad Haddin as great as all-rounder Steve Smith (hip) to fool around in Tuesday’s last warm-up compare opposite South Africa, additionally in Bangalore.