Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said he would forgive left-handed batter Matthew Renshaw for being out for a golden duck in the visitors first innings in the ongoing Nagpur Test.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Renshaw made a golden duck after falling lbw to Ravindra Jadeja's left-arm spin immediately after the spinner, who would eventually take a five-fer, sent back Marnus Labuschagne to the dressing room as Australia made just 177 in the first innings.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"That was a part of the puzzle that I was talking about as to why I thought Travis might have missed out in this Test match. I know the reason that the Australian selectors have picked Matt Renshaw is they believe he's a very good player of spin bowling."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"It's one thing to be known and identified as a good spin-bowling player when you're playing in Australia. But when you get to India and you're coming up against such foreign conditions - even today, you know, it's day one of a Test match and you're seeing conditions that most of our guys probably have never witnessed before on the first day of a game."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"That's when you start to work out who the really good quality players of spin are. I know he was out first ball today. I'll forgive him for that," said Ponting in an episode of the ICC Review Show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Talking about Peter Handscomb, playing in his first Test match since 2019 and making a hard-fought 31 while batting at number six instead of the left-handed Travis Head, Ponting remarked the right-handed batter's inclusion was a "horses for courses" selection by Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
"He's had a couple of really good years of (domestic) Sheffield Shield cricket. He's captain of Victoria. I think he might've been the leading run-scorer in the Shield competition last year. He started this year really well."<\/p>\r\n\r\n
Talking about Peter Handscomb, playing in his first Test match since 2019 and making a hard-fought 31 while batting at number six instead of the left-handed Travis Head, Ponting remarked the right-handed batter's inclusion was a "horses for courses" selection by Australia.<\/p>\r\n\r\n