Legendary Australia cricketer Ricky Ponting has revealed about being approached to be India next men’s head coach. However, he added that he declined to take up the role due to spending more time with his family.
Ponting recently finished IPL 2024 as head coach of Delhi Capitals, who ended at sixth place in the points table, apart from being strategy head of Hobart Hurricanes in the Big Bash League.
He’s also a regular feature in the commentary box during Australia’s home summer and will also be the head coach of Washington Freedom at the upcoming Major League Cricket (MLC) season in the USA.
“I’ve seen a lot of reports about it. Normally these things pop up on social media before you even know about them, but there were a few little one-on-one conversations during the IPL, just to get a level of interest from me as to whether I would do it.
