INCREDIBLE WIN OVER AUSTRALIA

DEEPANSHU,NAGPUR,25/3/2011; Their captain Ricky Ponting may have scored a vintage

century, but his was a lone fight against a superior Indian teamAfter the match, Ponting
confirmed that he wants to play on for Australia, despite claims to the contrary in a British
newspaper. “I’ve never even thought about or contemplated retiring at the end of this World
Cup,” he said. “I’m enjoying my cricket as much as ever. here were flashes of the old them at
times. On the biggest stage, Ricky Ponting showed why he fully deserves his place in the
Pantheon. Brett Lee was inspirational at times, if insipid at others.You’ll hopefully see me
playing a lot in the next few years.” This enthralling quarter-final almost felt like a head-to-head
contest between the two finest batsmen of their era. Ponting and Sachin Tendulkar have scored
more runs in World Cup cricket than anyone else, and both were magnificent yesterday. Having
chosen to bat first, Ponting arrived at the end of the 10th over. He had been short of runs, with 19
innings since his last one-day international century, but you would hardly have known it from the
fluency of his footwork and the certainty of his shot-selection.