Fan approaches Ricky Ponting for photograph; here's what happened next

Ricky Ponting is one of most popular cricketers and one of best captains in world. He is  stranger to fans approaching him for selfies and photos as he has a fan base across cricketing nations. However, when one fan in Australia asked former skipper for a photo, it wasn’t with cricketer.

incident took place ahead of second Test between Aus and Pak

After Ponting agreed, fan surprisingly handed his phone to Ponting and asked  former cricketer to take a picture of him with well-kwn Australian sports presenter Melanie McLaughlin. incident took place ahead of second Test between Australia and Pakistan in Adelaide.  former captain recently joined McLaughlin and or cricketers in Channel Seven commentary team for ongoing Australia-Pakistan Test series. official account of channel posted pictures of Ponting taking photo of McLaughlin with fan.

Reacting to post, McLaughlin wrote, “This version of events is.. mostly.. accurate..”

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Twitter users were amused at incident and came up with hilarious responses to post. Many agreed to point that Ponting may be a legendary cricketer but getting a photo with McLaughlin was a big deal. Here are some of best reactions:

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