I might love to educate once more within the IPL: Ricky Ponting | Cricket Information – Occasions of India

NEW DELHI: After leaving the Delhi Capitals, Ricky Ponting continues to be desirous to pursue teaching probabilities within the Indian Premier League, and he has revealed that the staff plans to nominate an Indian coach to succeed him.
Regardless of acknowledging that his departure from the IPL staff was a results of his lack of awards, Ponting, who resigned as head coach of the Delhi Capitals final month following a seven-year tenure, needs to attempt his luck once more.
“I might love to educate once more within the IPL. I’ve had a good time yearly that I have been concerned, whether or not that was within the early days as a participant or the couple of years I had at Mumbai as head coach there,” he stated on The ICC Evaluate podcast, as per PTI.
“I’ve had seven seasons at Delhi, which sadly did not actually work out the best way that I’d have wished and positively the best way that the franchise would have wished.”
“Me going there was all about making an attempt to deliver some silverware to the staff and that did not occur,” he conceded.
Ponting acknowledged that the Delhi Capitals is likely to be looking for an low season contributor who can dedicate extra time.
“What you may discover is that they’re going to in all probability find yourself with an Indian-based head coach. Definitely that is a few of the dialogue that I’ve had with them anyway,” he stated.
“They made it fairly clear that they wished to move in a distinct course with somebody that might give them a bit extra time and a bit extra availability via the low season,” he stated.
“Greater than something, to have the ability to spend a bit extra time in India with lots of the native gamers. I simply could not try this with the opposite stuff that I’ve obtained happening,” Ponting stated.
“However I am actually grateful for my time that I had there, met some nice individuals, labored with some nice individuals and clearly labored with some nice gamers via the years as effectively. There might be a number of alternatives for me popping up within the subsequent couple of months and I might like to be again teaching within the IPL once more subsequent season,” he stated.
Matthew Mott‘s departure will go away England and not using a head coach, and Ponting has made it clear he isn’t fascinated about taking over teaching duties on the worldwide stage.
“No, I would not ever take into account doing that really,” he stated.
Though Ponting was contacted to take over the England Check staff, the place finally went to Brendon McCullum of New Zealand.
“I am on document saying that worldwide jobs for me proper now, will not be actually the place my life is at, as there’s simply a lot extra time taken up with a world job,” he stated.
“Teaching different worldwide groups is one factor, teaching England for an Australian might be one thing barely totally different, however proper now there’s type of sufficient on my plate as I’ve obtained a bit extra arising within the subsequent couple of months within the UK,” he added.
Ponting introduced that he shall be a member of the commentary crew for Australia’s three T20Is and 5 ODIs in England subsequent month.
“Australia’s obtained some white-ball stuff arising over there which I will go and commentate, so no, proper now if my identify was on the listing they’ll truly take it off.”
“I’ve obtained different commitments as effectively, with my TV work and issues that I do and in addition making an attempt to stability that out with having an honest quantity of dwelling time, which I have not had a lot of the final couple of years anyway,” he added.