Legendary Ricky Ponting played a key role in Punjab Kings’ qualification for the final of the IPL 2025 season as a coach and mentor as well. However, they lost to Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) in the final.

In a chat with the PBKS coach, Preity Zinta, the franchise’s co-owner,  asked how someone like Ponting, who was so aggressive as a cricketer, could be so calm in the dugout?

“How does somebody be so aggressive on the ground and as a person, but be so calm and chilled out?,” she asked.

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Ricky Ponting stumped her with his cheeky reply, saying that it isn’t the case. To experience this, she needs to come down from the stands and sit with him in the dugout as well.

“You need to come and sit next to me in the dugout sometimes, because you will see that it’s not always calm. Look, I’m an aggressive-natured person, especially when it’s cricket time,” Ponting said.

However, Ricky Ponting further opened up about his personality as a coach, saying that he intends to bring out the best version of himself as a coach and also help the players to bring out their best version in every single time.

“I’ll have a laugh and a joke and a coffee and a sit down with anyone and talk about anything outside of cricket time. But when it’s cricket time, it’s my job to bring high performance to this team. And so I’m not gonna waste a minute, I’m not gonna waste a day, I’m not gonna waste a training session where I’m not trying to be the best coach that I can be and make every single player that’s playing with me the best player that they can be,” concluded Ricky Ponting.