Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has stuck to his prediction of Australia pulling off a 3-1 win in the upcoming Test series against India. With Ravi Shastri earlier predicting it to be a 3-1 victory for either side, Ponting hopes he doesn’t lose another prediction game this time. Australia have not won a Test series over India in their last four attempts as well.

Speaking on an episode of the ICC Review, Ponting said: “I think I might have said 2-1 at the start. And then Sunny looked at me and said, ‘It will be 2-1, but it will be 2-1 (in favour of) India.’ And I thought there was no way in the world that they could bounce back after losing the way they did in Adelaide. But they did. Sunny got the better of me there. So I hope Ravi doesn’t get the better of me this time. So I’m going to stick with the 3-1 Australia.”

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Ponting further revealed that Team India’s campaign Down Under will likely undergo further disruptions, especially with Rohit Sharma likely to return after the first Test as well.

“India will be pretty certain of what team they’re going to play (in Perth). They’ve known for a while that Rohit probably wasn’t going to be here. They’ve probably known for a while that Bumrah was going to be captain. But I just think there’s potential for more disruption through their campaign with Sharma coming back and whatever else. So I’ll stick with it. (Marnus) Labuschagne and (Steve) Smith need to make runs for Australia. And their bowling attack obviously is as good as anyone’s in the world. So I’ll stick with my 3-1 Australia prediction,” he concluded.