
Ponting should be concerned about Australian cricket, not India's: Gautam Gambhir
The HinduHead coach Gautam Gambhir on Monday fired a shot back at Ricky Ponting for questioning Virat Kohli’s form and place in the Indian team, saying the Australian legend should only be concerned about cricket in his country. Ponting had recently said Kohli’s form is a concern, given the Indian batter has scored only two Test centuries in last five years but also felt that the Indian legend has it in him to roar back to form and there is no better place than Australia to do so. “I saw a stat the other day about Virat, it said he’s only scored two Test hundreds in the last five years. “There wouldn’t be anyone else probably even playing international cricket as a top-order batsman that’s only scored two Test match hundreds in five years. “So, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Virat make runs in the first game.” When asked if the form of the two Indian senior batters Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma, who scored 93 and 91 runs respectively in the team’s 0-3 loss to New Zealand, is a concern, Gambhir said, “Not at all.
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