Former Australian World Cup-winning captain Ricky Ponting feels hugely disappointed on Australian cricketers’ performances during the recently concluded home Test series against the no.1 Test ranked side India.

In the recently concluded four-match Test series, the hosts Australia lost the series by 2-1. Ponting is unhappy on Australian cricketers’ dismissals quality as he feels no desperation among the batsmen.]

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Ponting recently told Channel Seven, “That dismissal actually says a lot to me about the mindset of this Australian team at the moment. There’s no desperation there whatsoever. Why wouldn’t they have had a look at that? They’ve still got the two reviews up their sleeve. There had to be some sort of doubt in that.”

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Ponting also slammed Mitchell Starc for not advising Nathan Lyon to take a review on his lbw dismissal during Australian’s first innings of Sydney Test. The host had two reviews and it was the ninth wicket but despite that, the non-striker end batsman Starc didn’t advice the batsman Lyon to take that review. Replay showed that the ball was outside the line of off stump.

Unimpressed Ponting said on that, “Given out straight away and Mitchell Starc just puts his hand out and says ‘oh well, it’s not me, it’s up to you to make (a call). Well, unfortunately, when you’re out there together it’s a partnership. You’ve got to do whatever you can to try and save your mate. And there was absolutely none of that there.

“And as it’s shown already that would have been given not out. Slack and not desperate enough. You can see where Mitchell Starc is standing at the non-striker’s end.

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“One, look how wide he’s standing. There’s no need to be that wide in the first place. Nathan Lyon looks up, ‘Oh what do you reckon?’ ‘Oh, I don’t know mate. Yeah, I don’t know. But let’s not bother looking. We’ve only got two (reviews) up our sleeve.”