The Australian skipper said his return his return to action would rejuvenate the hosts in their crucial last two games.
Images from the Indian Premier League match between Kolkata Knight Riders and Mumbai Indians in Kolkata, on Wednesday.
Ricky Ponting was the coach of Mumbai Indians for three seasons and Rohit Sharma spent a lot of time with the former Australian skipper.
West Indies legend Brian Lara will team up with some of Australia's finest players like Ricky Ponting, Matthew Hayden, Adam Gilchrist, Justin Langer and Glenn McGrath for the Australian Legends XI, which will take on Big Bash League champions Perth Scorchers in the Festival of Cricket match in Perth on Friday.
Former Australia leg-spinner Shane Warne weighed into the controversy generated by Ricky Ponting's autobiography, in which the former Australia skipper admitted concerns about Michael Clarke's leadership qualities earlier in his career.
Ricky Ponting has defiantly vowed to fight on as Australia's Test cricket captain despite facing the possibility of his third Ashes drubbing since taking over from Steve Waugh.
Winning the toss at Headingley is often not the best thing a captain can do as Ricky Ponting found out on Wednesday.
"I'm sure the Australian public would love to see him here," the Australia captain said.
Australia's captain Ricky Ponting says he had anticipated a match-winning knock from VVS Laxman going into the fifth and final day of the Mohali Test.
The Australian captain is in the race to retain the Cricketer of the Year and Test Player of the Year awards.
Match referee Chris Broad spoke to Pakistan fast bowler Mohammad Aamer about his future conduct after he brushed against Ricky Ponting following his dismissal of the Australia captain at Lord's on Tuesday.
Taught me how to play sweep against spin: Matthew Hayden pays heartfelt tribute to Bob Simpson
Punjab Kings head coach Ricky Ponting rated Shyreas Iyer as the ideal choice to lead the team in IPL 2025.
Australian vice-captain David Warner has no qualms playing under Ricky Ponting and says he is enjoying the role he has been assigned at the moment.
Australia easily overhauled Zimbabwe's respectable total of 205 for 9 in the first ODI, losing three wickets.
Former players, including Australia's ex-captain Allan Border, have thrown their weight behind the embattled Ricky Ponting with one of them saying that the senior batsman is capable of emulating Indian Rahul Dravid's return to form after a prolonged lean patch.
The Australia captain claimed S Sreesanth had passed remarks and taunted five batsmen as they stepped in and out of the dressing room during the fourth ODI in Chandigarh.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting has used his team's first-round exit from the Twenty20 World Cup for some intensive practice with his rebuilt side before the Ashes series starting next month.
'Rohit Sharma has not proven himself as an opener outside India. Why is he there?'
His career has hit a low with the second Ashes defeat on English soil, but Australian skipper Ricky Ponting remained defiant and hinted at coming back for the 2013 series to make amends for the twin debacles.
After former wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist created quite a stir with his revelations about the infamous Sydney Test in his book, it is the turn of skipper Ricky Ponting to give his take on the racism row that shook world cricket.
Cricket fans in Bangalore were treated to a rare spectacle on Monday, as batting greats Sachin Tendulkar and Ricky Ponting trained together, for the same team.
Ahead of the upcoming IPL season, Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting opened up on the Capitals missing Rishabh Pant and the role David Warner will play amongst other things.
Sacked Australian vice-captain Shane Watson got the backing of former opening batsman Matthew Hayden while ex-captain Ricky Ponting refused comment on the unprecedented dumping of four key players from the team for the third Test against India.
England captain Andrew Strauss and his Australia counterpart Ricky Ponting reached common accord on Sunday after the home side regained the Ashes on an emotional evening at the Oval.
Virat Kohli becomes second-highest run scorer in history of the ODI World Cup
The knives are out, and directed at one man. Ricky Ponting. With the fans and former cricketers gunning for his head after the Ashes loss, Australia's captain had an ideal opportunity to redeem himself by winning the World Cup.
Paine's comments stemmed from a recent media interaction where Gambhir took issue with Ricky Ponting's remarks on Virat Kohli's struggling form, saying that the Australian legend need not be concerned about Indian cricket.
Ranjan Madugalle has requested the rival captains to be present for a 'cool-off' session at Perth on Monday.
Ricky Ponting, who stepped down from the captaincy in March and turned 37 on Monday, needs a first Test ton in nearly two years merely to save his career.
Ricky Ponting believes that English pacer Stuart Broad, who announced his retirement after the ongoing fifth Ashes Test, is the 'ultimate Ashes warrior'.
Virat Kohli achieved another rare milestone on Friday, becoming the quickest to aggregate 11,000 international runs as a captain during the third and final T20 International against Sri Lanka, in Pune.
Australian captain Ricky Ponting and leg-spinner Shane Warne took top honours in the latest ICC Test batting and bowling rankings.
Ricky Ponting is on the verge of joining an exclusive club of 10,000 Test runs, but the Australian captain said he was not aware of his impending milestone only to be told by a team official.
"They have really been consistent over the past two years," said Rahul Dravid.
Ricky Ponting admits Harbhajan Singh has had the better of their exchanges in Tests but stressed he had paid the bowler back in the one-dayers.
Australia captain Ricky Ponting believes the new domestic one-day format could damage the World Cup preparations of fringe players.
Australia skipper Ricky Ponting expressed surprise that Ashwell Prince declined the chance to captain South Africa in the third and final Test starting on Thursday. 'When opportunities come around like that I think any Australian would grab it with both hands,' Ponting told reporters on Wednesday.
India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and his Australian counterpart Ricky Ponting unveiled the 'Future Cup', the symbol of supremacy in the seven-match One-Day International series, beginning in Bangalore on Saturday.
