Ponting said India's unbeaten run across ICC events since the 2024 Men's T20 World Cup and the 2025 ICC Men's Champions Trophy - interrupted only by a Super Eights defeat to South Africa in this year\u2019s T20 World Cup -- spoke to a consistency no other side in the modern era had matched.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cIt\u2019s really hard to argue a point against that. If you look at this, not just the T20I team but their white-ball record in ICC events over the last five or six years, it\u2019s quite remarkable.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cA lot of people probably identified before this tournament started the depth and the strength that this current Indian team had, and also the experience that they have. This is a very, very strong Indian white-ball team, not just a T20 team. Back-to-back World Cups, hats off to them,\u201d said Ponting on The ICC Review show.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also felt the sheer volume of high-pressure cricket India had absorbed, both on the international stage and through the Indian Premier League (IPL), led to the creation of a team uniquely equipped for excelling in major tournaments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cThe one thing that\u2019s probably overlooked with this current team is the amount of experience and the amount of cricket a lot of these guys have played, whether it\u2019s international cricket or even just the IPL. The IPL games are every bit as big as international games anyway, so this Indian team came in well primed with great balance and a great squad,\u201d he added.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
He also felt the sheer volume of high-pressure cricket India had absorbed, both on the international stage and through the Indian Premier League (IPL), led to the creation of a team uniquely equipped for excelling in major tournaments.<\/p>\r\n\r\n
\u201cMaybe it just allowed them to regroup, get together, and talk about the things that are important to them as a team. They solidified what they felt was their strongest playing XI and didn\u2019t make many changes at the back end of the tournament,\u201d he concluded. <\/p>\r\n\r\n