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'Monkeygate' lowest point of my captaincy stint, admits Ricky Ponting

By Saurabh Sharma March 18, 2020 • 13:09 PM View: 1155

Melbourne, March 18: Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has opened up about the infamous 'monkeygate' episode, saying that it was the lowest point of his captaincy stint.

During the Sydney Test of 2007-08 Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Andrew Symonds had accused Harbhajan Singh of calling him a 'monkey', a claim which the Indian off-spinner had denied.

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