“We were only 15 runs away at the end of the game. Was it just that one big over that we were short on today, was it that we didn’t get enough in the powerplay, was it that one of our top-order batsmen didn’t go on to make a big score?” He added that they have to analyse and talk about these things and rued the fact that none of the batsmen from their top four went on to make a big score.
On how the pitch played and their decision to bowl first, Ponting said that the wicket started slow and applauded the SRH openers, David Warner and Jonny Bairstow for getting boundaries at the right time. “We wanted to chase, we felt there might have been a bit of dew, having walked off the outfield now there was a bit of dew, so no excuses, we were outplayed today.”
The 45-year-old heaped praised on fast bowler Kagiso Rabada. He said that Rabada is an ultimate competitor, he loves to…