Ricky Ponting was shocked by India's victory in Perth, made such a comment that won the hearts of Indian fans.

Cricket News Desk. Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes that Team India plays better on foreign wickets and conditions than on home ground. Ricky Ponting's comments came after India's 295-run win over Australia in the first Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Perth. After failing to capitalize on their decision to bat first in the first innings, the Jasprit Bumrah-led side took the lead in the second innings with the top three batsmen being Yashasvi Jaiswal (161), KL Rahul (77) and Virat Kohli (100 not out). Took the lead. , ) returned with a strong batting performance.

Ricky Ponting surprised by India's victory in Perth

Team India gave Australia a challenging target of 534 runs to win the match, which it failed to achieve and collapsed in front of the Indian fast bowlers. In the match, Jasprit Bumrah took eight wickets while Mohammed Siraj and Harshit Rana took five and four wickets respectively. Ricky Ponting said, 'By what margin did Australia lose?' By about 300 runs. So, they will be very disappointed. On the first day when India won the toss, everyone asked me about batting and I said, no, of course, you have to bat first there.

He won the hearts of Indian fans with his comments.

Ricky Ponting said, 'Four Test matches have been played in Perth. All four times the team batting first has won. You don't want to go against the data. Even though he got out for 150, he got a chance to bowl on a wicket that was probably the best to bowl on in that situation and actually Bumrah, Siraj and all three. And Nitish Reddy. They were all very lovely. So, you have to give them credit.

India is now a better team away from home

Ricky Ponting said on Star Sports, 'I have to admit, I don't think they can win the first Test in India, Perth in conditions that are very foreign to them, but before going into a Test match I have a Test match. Was. Also said that I really feel that India is now a better team away from home than playing at home. I think they play better on foreign wickets and conditions than at home. And I think that was proven last week in Perth.

Mitchell Starc praised Yashasvi Jaiswal

Australian fast bowler Mitchell Starc praised Indian batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal for his marathon innings in the second innings in his first red-ball match in Australia. “He's not playing his first match, so obviously there's some hype around him and he's obviously very skilful,” Starc said. I think we saw it in the second inning this week. He is a huge talent in India and he will play a lot of cricket for them. It was good to get him out cheaply in the first innings, but he definitely made up for it in the second innings. The second Test match between India and Australia will be played with pink ball in Adelaide from 6 December.