{"id":166272,"date":"2024-11-01T17:01:23","date_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/01\/ricky-ponting-wants-punjab-kings-to-be-most-dynamic-entertaining-franchise-cricket-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2024-11-01T17:01:24","modified_gmt":"2024-11-01T17:01:24","slug":"ricky-ponting-wants-punjab-kings-to-be-most-dynamic-entertaining-franchise-cricket-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/01\/ricky-ponting-wants-punjab-kings-to-be-most-dynamic-entertaining-franchise-cricket-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Ricky Ponting wants Punjab Kings to be most &#8216;dynamic, entertaining&#8217; franchise | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-114856357,imgsize-51256,width-400,resizemode-4\/114856357.jpg?fit=400,225&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Ricky Ponting wants Punjab Kings to be most &#8216;dynamic, entertaining&#8217; franchise | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" title=\"Ricky Ponting wants Punjab Kings to be most &#8216;dynamic, entertaining&#8217; franchise | Cricket News &#8211; Times of India\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"MwN2O\">\n<div class=\"T22zO\">\n<section class=\"D3Wk1  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  VtlfQ\" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"D3Wk1\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"zPaFh\">\n<div class=\"wJnIp\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"cj2hz img_cptn\"><span title=\"Ricky Ponting (Getty Images)\">Ricky Ponting (Getty Images)<\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>NEW DELHI: With just two uncapped players retained and the biggest purse of Rs 110.5 crore going into the mega auction, Punjab Kings will be starting from scratch under new head coach Ricky Ponting.<br \/>Prabhsimran Singh and Shashank Singh were the only two retained players by the franchise as the side made a bold move of releasing the likes of Arshdeep Singh, Kagiso Rabada and Sam Curran.<br \/>With Punjab having failed to make it to the playoffs since 2014, the Australian great sees this as an opportunity to start afresh and wants the franchise to play a completely new brand of cricket.<\/p>\n<div data-pos=\"0\" class=\"id-r-component QbQNS undefined  &#10;        \">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Untitled-19\" msid=\"114856402\" width=\"600\" title=\"\" placeholdersrc=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/83033472.cms\" imgsize=\"23456\" resizemode=\"4\" offsetvertical=\"0\" placeholdermsid=\"\" type=\"thumb\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/imgsize-23456,msid-114856402,width-600,resizemode-4\/114856402.jpg\" data-api-prerender=\"true\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shedding light on retention decisions, Ponting said that he wants the team to be the most dynamic and entertaining team going forward.<br \/>&#8220;I\u2019m most excited about a new, fresh start. It starts to come together today, with the retention list. It\u2019s well documented as to what I\u2019ve done with Punjab (Kings). We\u2019re only going in with two uncapped players and we\u2019re going into the auction with the biggest purse by a long way. So, we\u2019ve got the ability to put a whole squad of players together.,&#8221; Ponting said on The ICC Review.<br \/>&#8220;A couple of new coaching staff come in as well (for Punjab Kings). The main and most important thing for me is making this whole franchise different. Making it different from outside, making the results on-field look different.<br \/>&#8220;I want us to be the most dynamic and most entertaining franchise and group of players in the IPL,&#8221; Ponting said.<br \/>As the retention deadline ended on October 31, Ponting expressed surprise on Rishabh Pant, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul&#8217;s release by their respective teams.<br \/>\u201cThere are a lot of exciting players. So many. I\u2019m a bit surprised with some of the non-Indian retentions if you like, with both Shreyas Iyer and Rishabh Pant being available in the auctions,\u201d Ponting said.<br \/>\u201cIt was a bit surprising, even KL Rahul to a certain degree. It seems like individuals or franchises are busy looking to move in different directions to some of their players.<br \/>\u201cThis is where it gets exciting,\u201d Ponting said. \u201cYou\u2019ve got to understand who your number one target is and how much money you are willing to pay for them. That\u2019s such a big part of it (IPL), of getting the auction right strategy-wise. And then handing it over to us, as a group of coaches,\u201d he added.<br \/>Ahead of the auction, Royal Challengers Bengaluru have the second biggest purse &#8212; Rs 83 crore &#8212; after Punjab.<br \/><span class=\"strong \" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Full <\/span><span class=\"strong \" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">IPL 2025<\/span><span class=\"strong \" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\"> Retention List<\/span><br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Chennai Super Kings<\/span>: Ruturaj Gaikwad, Matheesha Pathirana, Shivam Dube, Ravindra Jadeja, MS Dhoni<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Delhi Capitals<\/span>: Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Tristan Stubbs, Abhishek Porel<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Gujarat Titans<\/span>: Rashid Khan, Shubman Gill, Sai Sudharsan, Rahul Tewatia, Shahrukh Khan<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Kolkata Knight Riders<\/span>: Rinku Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy, Sunil Narine, Andre Russell, Harshit Rana, Ramandeep Singh<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Lucknow Super Giants<\/span>: Nicholas Pooran, Ravi Bishnoi, Mayank Yadav, Mohsin Khan, Ayush Badoni<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Mumbai Indians<\/span>: Jasprit Bumrah, Suryakumar Yadav, Hardik Pandya, Rohit Sharma, Tilak Varma<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Punjab Kings<\/span>: Shashank Singh, Prabhsimran Singh<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Rajasthan Royals<\/span>: Sanju Samson, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Riyan Parag, Dhruv Jurel, Shimron Hetmyer, Sandeep Sharma<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Royal Challengers Bengaluru<\/span>: Virat Kohli, Rajat Patidar, Yash Dayal<br \/><span class=\"strong\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">Sunrisers Hyderabad<\/span>: Pat Cummins, Abhishek Sharma, Nitish Kumar Reddy, Heinrich Klaasen, Travis Head<\/div>\n<p><script>\nvar _mfq = window._mfq || [];\n_mfq.push([\"setVariable\", \"toi_titan\", window.location.href]);\n!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n    function loadFBEvents(isFBCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isFBCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        if (f.fbq) return;\n        n = f.fbq = function() {\n          n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n        };\n        if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n        n.push = n;\n        n.loaded = !0;\n        n.version = '2.0';\n        n.queue = [];\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js', n, t, s);\n      fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n      fbq('track', 'PageView');\n    };\n    function loadGtagEvents(isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n      if (!isGoogleCampaignActive) {\n        return;\n      }\n      var id = document.getElementById('toi-plus-google-campaign');\n      if (id) {\n        return;\n      }\n      (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n        t = b.createElement(e);\n        t.async = !0;\n        t.defer = !0;\n        t.src = v;\n        t.id = 'toi-plus-google-campaign';\n        s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n        s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n      })(f, b, e, 'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074', n, t, s);\n    };\n    function loadSurvicateJs(allowedSurvicateSections = []){\n      const section =  window.location.pathname.split('\/')[1]\n      const isHomePageAllowed = window.location.pathname === '\/' && allowedSurvicateSections.includes('homepage')\n      if(allowedSurvicateSections.includes(section) || isHomePageAllowed){\n        (function(w) {\n         function setAttributes() {\n                    var prime_user_status = window.isPrime ? 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