'That's all you need': Ponting reveals 'big decision' behind India's T20 WC title

NEW DELHI: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has praised India’s determination to backmost Sanju Samson arsenic an opener during their victorious run successful the ICC Men's T20 World Cup. According to Ponting, the spot shown successful Samson by skipper Suryakumar Yadav and the coaching unit played a large relation successful India’s success.Samson’s tourney did not commencement smoothly. Before the World Cup, helium had scored lone 46 runs successful 5 T20Is against New Zealand nationalist cricket team. He initially got a accidental successful the league lucifer against Namibia nationalist cricket squad successful New Delhi aft Abhishek Sharma fell ill. Later, helium was brought backmost for a cardinal Super Eight crippled against Zimbabwe nationalist cricket squad and turned his tourney astir with a bid of superb performances.

Samson played immoderate important knocks arsenic India precocious successful the competition. He scored an unbeaten 97 against West Indies nationalist cricket squad successful Kolkata, followed by 89 successful the semifinal against England nationalist cricket squad successful Mumbai and different 89 successful the last against New Zealand nationalist cricket squad successful Ahmedabad. His full of 321 runs successful 5 innings became the astir by an Indian batter successful a azygous T20 World Cup variation and earned him the Player of the Tournament award.

“For India to instrumentality with him astatine the apical there, that was a large telephone to make. A large decision, but 1 that worked retired truly good successful the end. If you get the backing of the coaching unit and the captain, past that's each you need,” Ponting said connected The ICC Review show.“Just a pat connected the backmost oregon an limb astir the enarthrosis to say, ‘we're sticking with you, we judge successful you.’ When you've got the prime that Sanju's got, and the assurance of the skipper and manager down you, that's erstwhile large things tin happen.”Ponting besides praised Suryakumar’s enactment and however helium managed his players during the tournament. “It would person been truly absorbing to spot however Surya has interacted with Abhishek (Sharam) and Sanju (Samson) implicit the past fewer weeks. That’s wherever the existent stories volition travel retired connected existent leadership.”Despite not scoring heavy himself isolated from an unbeaten 84 against the United States nationalist cricket team, Suryakumar guided India to the title. Ponting concluded, “It's astir a batch much than what they bash disconnected the field, the things that radical don't spot and however they interact with their players. He didn’t person a large clip himself arsenic a player, but still, he’s lasting astatine the extremity holding up a World Cup trophy.”