Ricky Ponting has selected two superstars to compete in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup in 2024.
In the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024, Ricky Ponting has shared his predictions for the top wicket-taker and top run-scorer.
Ponting, one of the bowlers, put his all behind Indian star Jasprit Bumrah, supposing the seamer would end up atop the wickets tally.
Bumrah has just finished an incredible IPL season in which he claimed 20 wickets in 13 matches while allowing runs to be conceded at a pitiful 6.48 economy rate despite the high totals in the competition.
Jasprit Bumrah will be my top wicket-taker in this tournament, Ponting said to The ICC Review.
“An exceptional performer who has been a contribution for several years, in my opinion. He just finished an incredible IPL season.
“He has the seam up and can swing the new ball, demonstrating his abilities with it. However, at the conclusion of the IPL, his economy rate was fewer than seven runs per over.
“He grabs wickets.” Yes, he does bowl a good portion of the hard overs. In Twenty20 cricket, bowling the hard overs offers you the opportunity to accumulate a large number of wickets in the process. I’m accompanying him, then.
The legendary player from Australia decided to back fellow countryman Travis Head to win the forthcoming competition.
Travis Head will lead the team in runs scored, in my opinion, according to Ponting.
“I just believe that whatever he has completed in the last few years, whether it has been red-ball or white-ball, has been of the greatest caliber. I believe he is currently playing brave cricket.
Despite Head’s injury at the beginning of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup last year, Australia kept the opener on the team until he recovered because of their strong belief in him.
With a fantastic performance against New Zealand in his tournament comeback game, Head showed the team how confident they were in him.
He averaged over 50 with the bat and concluded the competition with two hundreds and a fifty, striking at an incredible rate of 127.52.
He has been in incredible form during the current IPL 2024 season, and his performance at the top of the order was crucial to Sunrisers Hyderabad’s drive to the championship. In 15 tournament games thus far, Head has scored 567 runs at a pace of 191.55.
Ponting anticipates more of the same fireworks from Head in the Caribbean and the USA, even though the IPL ended less than spectacularly.
“There were ups and downs throughout his IPL career, but when it went well, it went really well. And it has helped his team win cricket matches,” Ponting said.
“And Australia’s situation will be precisely the same. Now, while he may not be the most reliable player throughout the competition, he will undoubtedly be among the top run scorers. Additionally, as I’ve already stated, he will win more games than ever if he plays for Australia at the wicket for any length of time.
The USA and the West Indies will host the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 on June 1st.
