Ricky Ponting Compares Border-Gavaskar Trophy Rivalry To The Ashes

Ahead of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, Hall of Famer, Ricky Ponting has in contrast the Australia-India rivalry to that of the Ashes, stating that these battles are among the many most anticipated in world cricket. The first Test of the highly-anticipated Border-Gavaskar Trophy might be performed at Perth’s Optus Stadium from November 22 onwards. The former Australian skipper has urged each groups to take care of a aggressive however truthful spirit all through the sequence. Speaking concerning the depth and banter anticipated throughout the sequence, Ponting stated he anticipates the matches to be performed on the sting.

“Australia-England, with the history of the Ashes, but Australia-India is not far behind that and it’s built up over a long period. I think we all look forward to these sorts of battles. As a past player, as a commentator, I want to see these two teams go out there and play hard and fair and then see who is left standing at the end of the next five games,” Ponting stated throughout a current episode of the ICC Review.

“I don’t know if spice is the right word, but I expect the game to be played sort of almost on the edge, if you like, with two of the best teams in the world not wanting to give an inch to each other. “Not wanting to provide an inch to the opposition, not desirous to lose a single contest by way of the course of these complete 5 Test matches,” the World Cup-winning captain said.

Ponting also highlighted the significance of the rivalry. “That’s the fantastic thing about these nice rivalries in world sport. Australia-India in a Test match now’s as large a rivalry as there may be in world sport, not simply cricket,” the 49-year-old added.

The sequence will start in Perth on November 22, adopted by a day-night Test in Adelaide from December 6 to 10. The third Test will happen at The Gabba in Brisbane from December 14 to 18. The conventional Boxing Day Test might be held on the Melbourne Cricket Ground from December 26 to 30. The sequence will conclude with the fifth and remaining Test on the Sydney Cricket Ground from January 3 to 7.

Squads for the primary Test (Perth):

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Jasprit Bumrah (vc), Ravichandran Ashwin, Mohammad Shami, Abhimanyu Easwaran, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Dhruv Jurel (wk), Sarfaraz Khan, Virat Kohli, Prasidh Krishna, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul, Harshit Rana, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Mohammed Siraj, Washington Sundar.

Australia: Pat Cummins (c), Scott Boland, Alex Carey, Josh Hazlewood, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Usman Khawaja, Marnus Labuschagne, Nathan Lyon, Mitch Marsh, Nathan McSweeney, Steve Smith, Mitchell Starc.

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