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Ricky Ponting, the Australia captain, believes the pressure on India’s “fab four” batsmen will hand Australia an advantage when the Test series begins on Thursday. Sourav Ganguly has already announced he will retire after this series, while Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman are also in the twilight of their careers.
“There’s no doubt about that,” Ponting told the Australian when asked if the extra pressure on the four men would help Australia. “There’s speculation about whether Ganguly should be in the team in the first place. He probably feels a little bit lucky that he was included in the squad because there weren’t too many people around the country who I spoke to who thought he was going to get named. Read more
Courtesy: ind.cricinfo.com