Centurion, October 06: Elated after leading his team to a second successive Champions Trophy title, Australian skipper Ricky Ponting said the “devalued” event has been revived in this edition, giving a much-needed boost to one-day cricket.
“On a few previous occasions, I felt there were a lot of other associate nations and it had kind of devalued the Champions trophy. But this time a couple of weeks and it was over. The little changes which ICC made here, the players really enjoyed it,” Ponting said after the six-wicket win over New Zealand in the final last night.
The Champions Trophy had been dubbed meaningless by quite a few former cricketers like Shane Warne but Ponting felt having a shorter tournament minus the minnows has helped make it exciting.
–PTI