There were not many mornings in Ricky Ponting’s life as an international cricketer when he didn’t wake up as part of a world champion team. Twice he was at the helm of the World Cup winning Australian teams. Ponting knows all too well what it is like to go into the big tournament with everyone expecting you to win, as does the Australian team in general.
Now that the World Cup is at home and the team has been in brilliant form, the Aussies are being tipped as favourites to lift the 2015 World Cup. Ponting gives the thought his nod.
“I think Australia are favourites,” the former Australian captain told BCCI.TV “It is a tag that will sit well with them. Most World Cups I have been part of, we were favourites. But you don’t think about it. You just go out there, try and prepare as well as you can and go and play.
“Just because you’re the favourite going into the game, doesn’t change anything. But this team, they were very impressive in their first game against England and the balance they have in the squad right now is probably as good as I have seen for a while.”
Along with Australia, Ponting has high hopes from co-hosts, New Zealand, and South Africa, who he considers as “stand-out” teams to watch out for this World Cup.
By: BCCI
