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Australia\u2019s former skipper Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said he can still learn a fair bit from India batting great Sachin Tendulkar’s book and he is very happy with his inclusion in Mumbai Indians squad.<\/p>\nAustralia\u2019s former skipper Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said he can still learn a fair bit from India batting great Sachin Tendulkar’s book and he is very happy with his inclusion in Mumbai Indians squad.<\/p>\n
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\u201cIt will be a dream come true to bat with batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar,\u201d Ponting said, according to media reports.\n<\/p>\n
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Pointing was bought by Mumbai Indians at a base price of USD 400,000 last week. Former Australian captain told, \u201cI sent Sachin a message as soon as the auction was over just to say I’m looking forward to playing with him. I think I can still learn a fair bit from him as well.\u201d<\/p>\n
In reply to Ponting’s message, Sachin replied, “It will be great fun for us to play together.”<\/p>\n
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\u201cHopefully he might even learn a few things from me. We’ve played a lot against each other over the years and spent a little bit of time together off the field. It will be great fun for us to play together,” said the 38-year-old.<\/p>\n
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Pointing has earlier played in IPL alongside Sourav Ganguly in first edition of IPL way back in 2008.The two legends of present cricket scenario will play for Mumbai Indians in the upcoming Indian Premier League’s sixth edition.<\/p>\n
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Pointing has played good amount of T20 cricket earlier this month in Big Bash League and tasted a fair bit of success. He was man of the match on few occasions. He said, \u201cI am working on my batting and trying to make myself a good T20 player.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Australia\u2019s former skipper Ricky Ponting on Wednesday said he can still learn a fair bit from India batting great Sachin Tendulkar’s book and he is very happy with his inclusion in Mumbai Indians squad.<\/p>\n
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