Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting recalled a funny incident about Rahul Dravid from ICC Super Series 2005, revealing how the former India captain once batted in the nets wearing football shoes and found himself in trouble.

The 2005 ICC Super Series was played between Australia and a World XI team. The series featured three ODIs and one Test, with Australia winning all the matches. 

In a chat with Cricket Australia, former skipper Ricky Ponting recalled an incident from Superseries in 2005 and narrated how due to a wet outfield he instructed his players to wear football shoes since it was tough fielding wearing cricket boots on the damp outfield.

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He felt that wearing football boots would give them an advantage in the field, so they started practicing with it

"One funny story coming out of that Super Series… the outfield was quite wet and damp and I had basically instructed all the guys that weren't bowling – the fielders and outfielders – that we have to go and get football boots to field because tried to change directions but out cricket spikes were ripped from the top and you’ll slip and fall over. 

“I sort of felt that if we got footy boots, then it’ll probably be a real advantage for us in the field. So we tried in for the first couple of days, leading up to the first game," Ricky Ponting told Cricket Australia. 

Ponting revealed that Indian batsman Rahul Dravid misinterpreted their idea and was batting with football shoes in the nets and having a tough time batting wearing them.

"A lot of guys that were a part of the team had caught on to the fact that we were getting around in our footy boots. I’ll never forget, on the day of the first game, we went down to the nets and Rahul Dravid was in the nets batting with footy (football) boots. 

“And you can imagine what they are like on the turf. He was trying to put his foot down on the hard surface and his foot was just slipping out,” he said.