Under Ricky Ponting's guidance, PBKS played the final of the IPL 2025.
Ricky Ponting is a legend in the world of cricket and one of the most successful leaders of his era. Ponting, who is currently a coach and instructor, was crucial to Punjab Kings' advancement to the IPL 2025 final.
Despite the fact that Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) won the title-decider, Punjab Kings’ coach Ricky Ponting's efforts were praised by cricketers of all stripes. Preity Zinta, the franchise's co-owner, hasn't been able to comprehend some of Ponting's coaching qualities, nevertheless.
In a candid chat with the PBKS coach, Preity asked how someone like Ponting, who was so aggressive as a cricketer on the field, can be so calm in the dugout?
"How does somebody be so aggressive on the ground and as a person, but be so calm and chilled out?," the actress asked in a video shared by PBKS.
Zinta was stumped by Ponting's response, which stated that it isn't true. She ought to descend from the stands and join him in the dugout to witness this.
"You need to come and sit next to me in the dugout sometimes, because you will see that it's not always calm. Look, I'm an aggressive-natured person, especially when it's cricket time," the former Australia captain said.
Ponting went into additional detail about his coaching style, stating that he wants to always help the players perform at their highest level and bring out the best in himself as a coach.
"I'll have a laugh and a joke and a coffee and a sit down with anyone and talk about anything outside of cricket time. But when it's cricket time, it's my job to bring high performance to this team. And so I'm not gonna waste a minute, I'm not gonna waste a day, I'm not gonna waste a training session where I'm not trying to be the best coach that I can be and make every single player that's playing with me the best player that they can be," said Ponting.
Here is the video: