'I Love Watching Him': Punjab Kings Coach Ricky Ponting Endorses RR Star Ahead Of IPL Retentions

deline day for IPL retention is inching closer and anticipation among fans is at an all time high over which players will stick around with ir franchises and who will he into Mega auction slated for later this year. 

Ahe of retentions, Punjab Kings he coach Ricky Ponting has endorsed his miration for star Rajasthan Royals batter hinting, that franchise could be weighing up a move for him. v

Ricky Ponting endorses RR star ahe of Retentions 

Ricky Ponting has taken over as new he coach of Punjab Kings and will be looking to build a solid core of players come auction to finally be able guide Punjab to playoffs next season. 

Ahe of IPL retentions, Ponting recently sat down with Sky Sports and talked about his favourite Indian players. Australian World Cup winning captain took names of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma as his favourite players. 

But interestingly, Ricky Ponting named Rajasthan Royals skipper Sanju Samson as one of his favourite Indian players as he absolutely mires way Samson bats in T20s. 

"re are a lot Indian players I like to watch - Rohit, Gill, Pant, n re is Virat - re is a guy called Sanju Samson , I don't  kw how much you seen him, I love watching him bat and go about business in T20s," said Ricky Ponting.

While, Ponting remained tight lipped over Punjab Kings retentions, re h been chatter that Samson might enter auction., If Sanju Samson does enter auction, n Punjab could very well go all in for RR captain. 

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Who will Punjab Kings retain ahe of IPL auction?

re's a lot of intrigue surrounding players, Punjab Kings would retain ahe of IPL retentions. With options like Liam Livingstone, Arshdeep Singh, Sam Curran in ir ranks, Punjab need to weigh up wher or t any player is worth 18 crores or 14 crore. 

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Reports suggest, Punjab Kings might only retain two uncapped players and go into auction with 4 Right to Match cards (RTM). IPL retentions will be anunced on October 31st, 2024.