Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting feels that losing a series draw against a weaker Indian team will result in a worse draw than the hosts’ defeat at the Border-Gavaskar Trophy two years ago. Despite the injury to many players, the Indian team has shown its courage and enthusiasm on the current tour of Australia. In the fourth and final Test, India were playing without their fast bowlers, skipper Virat Kohli and some batsmen. “I think the series draw is worse than the defeat of two years ago,” Ponting told cricket.com.
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“I look at it from this perspective, 20 players in the series know how much trouble India has in playing XI,” he said. On the other hand, in the last two games of Australia, David Warner and Steve Smith returned when they were not in the team for the last time. Ponting said the tie in the series was not only a defeat but also a bad result for the previous series.
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The series is now 1-1. On the fifth and final day, India need to score 324 runs to win with ten wickets remaining. The Border-Gavaskar Trophy will remain with India if the series is equal. Ponting said Australia must do everything it can to win because India’s militancy cannot be sustained. He said that India’s militancy is weakening at some point. They cannot keep up with what they are doing and I hope it can happen tomorrow. He makes some mistakes while playing for the draw on the last day of the series. Australia, on the other hand, know they have to give everything to win the series.
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