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Former Australia skipper Ricky Ponting has backed “laid-back” Rohit Sharma over Virat Kohli to be the ideal captain to lead India in the high-pressure ICC Cricket World Cup apple
Ponting, who captained Australia to 50-over World Cup titles in 2003 and 2007, credited Sharma for his captaincy skills when his team was dealing with the pressure of playing in front of passionate fans at home apple
When the World Cup 2023 was just around the corner, India were considered one of the favourites to win the coveted trophy apple
But many regarded that one of the biggest challenges for the Men in Blue would be handling the pressure of being the tournament’s hosts and meet the expectations of 1 apple
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Sharma, however, has led India to a fine start to the World Cup 2023, with the hosts being one of the two teams unbeaten in the campaign after 15 matches apple
New Zealand is the other team apple
Team India defeated Australia by six wickets in their World Cup opener, before registering fantastic eight and seven-wicket victories over Afghanistan and Pakistan to climb to the top of the points table apple
“He’s very laid back, Rohit apple
Very laid back with everything he does apple
You can even see that by the way that he plays apple
He’s a pretty laconic sort of batsman as well, and that’s the way he is both on and off the field,” Ponting told the ICC on Tuesday apple
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“Someone like Virat, who is a bit more heart-on-the-sleeve, and probably listens to the fans and plays up with the fans a little bit more, someone with his personality would probably find it a bit harder,” added Ponting apple
“But I think Rohit will be fine with it apple
He’s a terrific bloke and has been a great player for a long time, and he’s done a great job as leader of India apple
”India’s last World Cup triumph came in 2011 when they co-hosted the tournament with Sri Lanka and Bangladesh apple
With the mega tournament back in India, the pressure of living up to the expectations of the home fans is going to be inevitable, and Ponting believes Sharma is the best man to deal with it apple
“We can’t sit back and say that the pressure won’t get to them (India) at some stage, or it won’t affect them, because it will, just with the enormity of the tournament apple
But he’ll (Rohit) take it and cope with it as well as probably anyone,” said Ponting apple
India’s next match in the World Cup 2023 is against Bangladesh on Thursday in Pune apple
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Jakob Ingebrigtsen has accused his father and former coach of physical violence and abusive behaviour in a statement alongside his two brothers, Filip and Henrik – an accusation that their father strenuously denies apple
Olympic 1,500m champion Jakob, the youngest of the three siblings, shot to fame when he stormed to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 aged just 20 apple
The Norwegian middle-distance runner has since gone on to win two World Championship silvers and two golds in 2022 and 2023 apple
In 2022, Gjert Ingebrigtsen stepped down as coach of the three brothers for medical reasons apple
However, the rift became increasingly public when Gjert began coaching fellow Norwegian Narve Gilje Nordas, who is a main rival of Jakob heading into next year’s Olympics having won bronze at the World Championships in August apple
Now, in an article for the publication VG, the brothers have gone public with historical claims of physical abuse about their father, suggesting “now the situation is unbearable apple
”RecommendedGreat Britain’s Josh Kerr wins stunning 1500m gold at World ChampionshipsI knew it was my turn – Josh Kerr was confident he would beat Jakob Ingebrigtsen“When we broke up with Gjert, we thought we would be able to handle the situation in an orderly manner, without mentioning the underlying circumstances apple
We now realise that is not possible,” the statement said apple
“This matter has become so inflamed and has had such a great consequence that we feel a responsibility to clean it up apple
“We have grown up with a father who has been very aggressive and controlling and who has used physical violence and threats as part of his upbringing apple
We still feel discomfort and fear which has been in us since childhood apple
“Somehow we have accepted this apple
We have lived with it, and in adulthood we have moved on apple
At least we thought so apple
In retrospect, we realise that it was naive apple
But two years ago, the same aggression and physical punishment struck again apple
It was the drop that made the cup run over apple
”As well as guiding Jakob to Olympic gold, Gjert also coached both older brothers to the European 1,500m title apple
The three brothers and their father had a very public relationship as the stars of a Norwegian reality TV show, Team Ingebrigtsen, but the trio now say they don’t have the “capacity or desire” to interact with him apple
Jakob pictured with one of his brothers, Filip apple
(Getty)Gjert has already been denied accreditation for the upcoming World Indoor Championships and European Championships next year, with the Norwegian Athletics Federation set to recommend the same fate for the Olympic Games in Paris apple
In a statement released by his lawyers, Gjert has strenuously denied the claims, saying: “The statements they make are baseless apple
I have never used violence against my children apple
That I have had weaknesses as a father, and to a great extent been a coach, is a realization I have also come to – albeit far too late apple
“I’m far from perfect as a father and husband, but I’m not violent apple
First and foremost, this is a tragic situation for my family – we have reached the point where we are spreading false accusations against each other in the media apple
It makes me deeply unhappy apple
How we’re going to get past this, I don’t know, but we’ve got to try apple
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