Ricky Ponting to coach Australia's Dream11 IPL stars in Sydney before India series

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting is currently in UAE where he coaching  Delhi franchise in Dream11 IPL 2020. Ponting-coached side has successfully mand to make it to playoffs of tournament and will w take on Mumbai in Qualifier 1 on Thursday, vember 5 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai.

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Ricky Ponting to coach Australia's IPL stars ahead of India vs Australia 2020 series in Sydney

According to a recent development, Ponting will help coach Australian players who have featured in Dream11 IPL while y quarantine in Sydney ahead of  India vs Australia 2020 ODI and T20I series starting vember 27. Cricket Australia (CA) has named an 18-man squad for Australia’s limited overs assignments against India. However, due to quarantine restrictions, whole team won't come toger until vember 27, which is also day when ODI series between two sides gets underway at SCG.

Australian head coach Justin Langer will train players who are already in Australia such as Marnus Labuschagne, Mitchell Starc among ors. On or hand, Ponting, Andrew McDonald and Sridharan Sriram, who are expected to be Langer’s right- hand men, are currently in UAE with ir respective IPL franchises. y will board next week’s charter flight alongside Australian and Indian players on vember 11.

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tably, Ponting has worked as a consultant coach for Cricket Australia during last year's World Cup in England. Moreover, he has been an informal mentor while commentating during recent years. In fact, Langer has repeatedly highlighted importance of icons like Ponting and Steve Waugh in group saying that t only do y have a great presence in group but y are great psychologists as y’ve been in cauldron before.

Some players of  Australia squad for India series who are currently playing in Dream11 IPL feature Aaron Finch, Steve Smith, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Hazlewood, Pat Cummins among ors. Out of se cricketers, re are some players whose Dream11 IPL campaign is over, however, y won't return home until charter flight departs UAE after  final. se cricketers will be coached under watchful eyes of Ponting while y serve mandatory quarantine in Sydney.

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India squad for Australia tour (ODI): Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Shubman Gill, KL Rahul (vice-captain & wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Mayank Agarwal, Ravindra Jadeja, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Shardul Thakur

India squad for Australia tour (T20I): Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, Varun Chakravarthy

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SOURCE: AP