Indian cricket team: The great captain also admitted that India is the best team in white ball cricket, praised him fiercely.

New Delhi. Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting has described the current Indian team as the best white ball team ever. India won the T20 World Cup title for the second consecutive time by defeating New Zealand by 96 runs in the final held at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. The Indian team became the first team in the world to win the T20 World Cup twice consecutively. Ponting said that India’s winning streak continued in ICC events like T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025, which was broken against South Africa in T20 World Cup 2026. He said that this shows how tremendous continuity there is in the team, which no other team has been able to match in today’s era.

Ponting said on ‘ICC Review Show’, “It is really very difficult to argue against this. If you look, not only the T20 International team, but also the white-ball record of the Indian team in ICC events over the last five-six years has been very good. Even before the start of this tournament, probably a lot of people had recognized how much depth and strength the current Indian team has. And how much experience they have along with it. It is not just T20, but a very strong Indian team. My salute to the white ball team for winning two consecutive World Cups.

According to Ponting, the current Indian team has a lot of experience. “One thing that perhaps few people notice about this current team is how much experience many of the players in the team have and how much cricket they have played – be it international cricket or just the IPL. Indian Premier League (IPL) matches are just as big as international matches anyway, so this Indian team came fully prepared with great balance and a great squad.”

Ponting said that the defeat against South Africa came at the right time. According to the former Australian captain, this defeat further strengthened India’s morale. “When you win 12 matches in a row, there are bound to be days when you don’t play well. I’m glad it happened early. Maybe India needed that kind of jolt. This gave them a chance to regroup, sit together and discuss the things that matter most to them as a team. They had confirmed their strongest playing eleven and didn’t make too many changes in the team in the last stages of the tournament.”