Ex-Australian skipper Ricky Ponting termed Australia as “slight favourites” over India to win the ICC World Test Championship final against India, which will start from June 7 onwards at The Oval. In an event ahead of the WTC final between India and Australia at The Oval, Ponting said that his side is slight favourite to win the title clash.
Ponting said –
“Australia is slight favourites. The conditions are more suited to Australia as compared to India. These two teams have beaten more opposition than they have lost to. They deserved to finish first and second. Australia has not cricket as of late.”
“On the other side, almost all Indian players have played extremely competitive cricket in IPL. One side comes into this match as fresh, while the other side is tired. A lot of such factors would affect the match.”
Ponting added – “Neser has been playing well in County cricket as of late. Boland’s records are unbelievable. In Australia, when there was anything in the surface at all to help bowlers, Boland was our best bowler. I think he will take Hazlewood’s place.”
Ponting termed his rival as –
Ponting termed his rival and legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as “the leader of the pack” of great superstars players of his era. “When I was coming through that time Sachin was the leader of the pack. Jacques Kallis was great too.”
