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Shane Warne gave me nickname 'Punter', says Ricky Ponting

By Saurabh Sharma January 27, 2020 • 21:46 PM View: 1266

Melbourne, Jan 27: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has revealed that it was his teammate Shane Warne who had given him the nickname 'Punter.'

"We were getting paid $40 a month when we were living at the cricket academy in 1990. I used to go to the TAB to have a bet on the dogs and Shane Warne gave me the nickname," Ponting said in a tweet reply to a fan.

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