Ricky Ponting Was "A Different Ballgame Altogether": Rohit Sharma On His Favourite Coach
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Rohit Sharma was on an Instagram live chat with Kevin Pietersen and spoke highly of Ricky Ponting.
Rohit Sharma had taken over captaincy of Mumbai Indians from Ricky Ponting in 2013.© Twitter
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Rohit Sharma spoke highly of Ricky Ponting, saying he was "magic"
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He had taken over captaincy of Mumbai Indians from Ponting
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He praised Ponting for guiding him when he first took over captaincy
"He guided me a lot when I was handed over the captaincy!" Who is @rohitsharma45 's favourite coach? Watch to find out #OneFamilyA post shared by Mumbai Indians (@mumbaiindians) on
"The way he handled the team when he was captain for the first half of the tournament and then he gave the captaincy to me mid-way through the tournament, it takes a lot of guts to do that," Rohit elaborated.
"I can only imagine him doing that," he said.
"After that as well, to be as involved as he was as a support staff...he played a supporting role to all the players, to all the youngsters in the team and he was guiding me through captaincy. I got to learn a lot from him," Rohit said, before adding "So he was a different ballgame altogether for me."
Rohit Sharma took over the reins at Mumbai Indians from Ricky Ponting in 2013 and has since led the team to four Indian Premier League (IPL) titles as well as two Champions League T20 titles, making them the most successful team in the cash-rich league.
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