T20 World Cup 2024: Ricky Ponting hails Rohit Sharma for his captaincy vs PAK

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting heaped praises on Indian captain Rohit Shram following the T20 World Cup 2024 match victory against archrivals Pakistan by six runsFacing 12 deliveries the Indian skipper scored 13 runs which included 1 four and 1 six Rohit Sharma was later dismissed by Pakistans lead pacer Shaheen Shah AfridiIn a video shared on the official Instagram account of ICC Ponting said that Rohits captaincy was outstanding against Pakistan on Sunday Ricky Ponting also lauded Hardik Pandyas performance during the T20 World Cup 2024 match against PakistanRohit Sharma is a very experienced captain isnt he And I just saw him then and said mate your captaincy today was outstanding I dont think he could have done much more You think about a lot of the bowlers that hes got in his team Hes actually had those bowlers in the IPL as well not only for India So he understands them knows when he can use them but its one thing for the captain to set a plan the bowlers are going to go ahead and execute it and Hardik was outstanding Rohit saidAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 IND vs PAK Key highlights from the matchSpeaking about the New York track Ponting said that the wicket was different in the second innings and it immediately dried out when the sun came outI thought he did a really good job with the ball as well and then you break it down and this has been a wicket that the seamers have liked but their spinner bowled four overs for 20 as well and Patel picked up a big wicket Yeah the wicket was definitely different in the second innings I mean you can see Pakistan got the ball to hold up through natural variation and you know it was just a little bit tacky but when the sun came out the wicket dried out quite quickly and then you have to you have to adapt and adjust on the run I thought he did that really well he addedRecapping the T20 World Cup 2024 match India defeated Pakistan by six runs in a lowscoring thriller at New Yorks Nassau International Cricket Stadium on SundayPakistan won the toss and put India to bat first But Indian batters were off to a patchy start on this tough surface as star openers Virat Kohli 4 and Rohit Sharma 13 failed to score bigRishabh Pant 42 off 31 took the charge with his aggressive innings and built useful partnerships with Axar Patel and Suryakumar Yadav But the lower middle order crumbled under the pressure and India was restricted to 119 in 19 oversHaris Rauf 321 and Naseem Shah 321 were the top bowlers for Pakistan Mohammed Amir got two scalps while Shaheen Shah Afridi got oneIn the runchase Pakistan took a more measured approach and Mohammed Rizwan 31 in 44 balls with a four and six held one end steady However Bumrah 314 and Hardik Pandya 224 ran through the Pakistani batting and bagged the crucial wickets of skipper Babar Azam 13 Fakhar Zaman 13 Shadab Khan 4 Iftikhar Ahmed 5 as wellWickets falling at regular intervals kept building the pressure on Pakistan With 18 runs needed in the final over Naseem Shah 10 tried to win it for Pakistan but the accurate bowling by Arshdeep Singh 131 made sure Pakistan fell short by six runsBumrah secured the Player of the Match for his matchwinning spellAfter this victory India sits at the top of Group A with two wins in two games and four points Pakistan is in fourth place having lost both their games to the USA and India and their knockout stage chances look slimWith ANI Inputs