Rickey Ponting who is considered as greatest captain to ever play the game of cricket has many records after his name but the record which holds the capability of blowing people’s minds is what we are going to share in this article.
Ricky Ponting is Australia’s most successful captain and when it comes to captain of any international team, Ricky Ponting is simply ahead of everyone. He made Australia one of the most dangerous teams in the world. In the 2000s Australia was considered as the most dominating team in the world. Ricky Ponting won two ODI World Cups in this duration and became the greatest among captains.
Ricky Ponting was also a fantastic batsman; he is still considered one of the best batsmen in cricket’s history. He was among the best of his time. The record that we are talking about in this article is Ricky Ponting is the only captain in the history of the game to win an ICC title as a player of the tournament and the highest run-getter of the tournament. He achieved this feat in the 2009 Champions Trophy.
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He was winning captain of the tournament with Australia, he was named player of the tournament, and he was also the highest run-getter in the 2009 Champions Trophy. This record of Ricky Ponting seems very hard to be broken as it is impossible for any player to be this good in all aspects.
