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Indian players will feel extra pressure without Virat Kohli in Tests: Ricky Ponting.

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Indian players will feel extra pressure without Virat Kohli in Tests: Ricky Ponting.

SYDNEY: India will “now no longer be clean of their personal mind” approximately their batting order after the departure of talismanic captain Virat Kohli on the stop of first Test Down Under, feels Australian remarkable Ricky Ponting.

The 32-year-antique Kohli has been granted paternity depart via way of means of the BCCI to be together along with his spouse for the beginning of their first child.

“India will experience that without Kohli there (for 3 Tests), for his batting and leadership, that’ll place all varieties of strain on exceptional gamers,” Ponting became quoted as announcing via way of means of cricket.com.au.

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“You’d assume (Ajinkya) Rahane will take over the captaincy, a good way to placed more strain on him, and they have got to discover a person to bat at that absolutely critical No.four spot.

“I do not assume they may be clean of their personal mind, even now, what their batting order will seem like for the primary Test. Who’s going to open, who’ll bat at 4 whilst Kohli goes?” Ponting added. The Indian bowling assault will include Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Shami in lead roles. The vacationers will name on Ishant Sharma if he recovers from the aspect damage sustained on the IPL even as Umesh Yadav and Navdeep Saini also are a part of India’s Test squad.

“The questions which are being requested round Australia with Pucovski and Green, I assume India have were given some greater inquiries to solution.

“Shami, Jasprit Bumrah – will it’s Ishant, will it’s Umesh Yadav, will it’s a younger man like Saini or Siraj?”They’ve were given a number of inquiries to ask as nicely. And which spinner? They’ve were given some spinners of their squad and they have got to parent out which one to select out for the pink-ball sport in Adelaide,” Ponting said.

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India made records via way of means of triumphing their first Test collection on Australian soil withinside the 2018-19 collection. However, the hosts had been then with out their big name batsmen David Warner and Steve Smith, who had been had been serving bans for his or her involvement withinside the 2018 ball-tampering incident.

“The one element we have not spoken sufficient approximately is sure India had been absolutely exact right here closing time, however with the ones guys (Smith and Warner) lacking on the pinnacle of the order, that leaves a large hole in any team,” Ponting said.

The-45-year-antique sponsored incumbent opener Joe Burns to begin in advance of the younger Will Pucovski.”Burns hasn’t completed plenty wrong. If you move returned to closing summer, he performed absolutely nicely withinside the first Test in Brisbane and I recollect announcing then to fasten him in and supply him a terrific move at it for a even as.

“We study lots into what is took place withinside the first few rounds of Shield cricket, and due to the fact they have not performed a Test in shape for therefore long, lots human beings are forgetting what took place closing summer.”

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Pucovski is coming off returned-to-returned double loads withinside the Sheffield Shield and is in sensational form. His inclusion has installation a opposition with Burns, who’s feeling the warmth after a disastrous begin to the satisfactory summer.

“But I assume that is in which this one will become a completely unique one; Burns is set 30, and you have got were given a younger man who appears to be at the height of his powers, who is been touted as a superb participant for Australia and has been for some years.

“That’s in which the selection goes to be a absolutely difficult one for them.”

Head educate Justin Langer and and skipper Tim Paine each have hinted at persisting with the skilled Burns on the pinnacle.

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“I’m simply analyzing the tea leaves a touch bit, inspite of what Justin had to mention approximately the connection among Burns and Warner, my intestine feeling is that they may not visit Pucovski simply yet.

“But it’s going to most effective be some slip-ups from some gamers and we recognize who the subsequent cab off the rank goes to be. (Opening) is simply every other string to (Pucovski’s) bow,” Ponting added.

News Source: TheHindu

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HT Rewind 2024: Teja Sajja says HanuMan kicking off the year in style is the moment he’d been ‘waiting for’ | Exclusive

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HT Rewind 2024: Teja Sajja says HanuMan kicking off the year in style is the moment he’d been ‘waiting for’ | Exclusive

In conversation with Hindustan Times, Teja Sajja decodes the success of HanuMan and other Telugu films, talks about his upcoming projects, and more.
When Prasanth Varma’s superhero film HanuMan, starring Teja Sajja, was announced to be released alongside big films like Mahesh Babu’s Guntur Kaaram, Venkatesh’s Saindhav and Nagarjuna’s Naa Saami Ranga in January this year, no one expected the underdog to emerge on top. And yet, the film, made on a budget of under ₹50 crore, managed to collect over ₹300 crore at the box office worldwide in 25 days, becoming one of the highest-grossing Indian films for the year. (Also Read: Ranveer Singh met HanuMan actor Teja Sajja, complimented him even after his Prasanth Varma film Rakshas got shelved)

Ask Teja about the moment he realised his film had not just fought against the tide but also risen to the top; he tells Hindustan Times in an exclusive conversation, “Since I returned to acting (as a lead actor after being a child artiste since 1998), this is the moment I’ve been waiting for. When everything from the HanuMan teaser to the songs was grabbing attention, we knew we had hit a gold mine. But I don’t think we imagined it would cross the ₹300 crore threshold. We were so satisfied with the opening numbers; everything else was a bonus.”

‘Success has given me fear of disappointing people’

Teja acted in Zombie Reddy, Ishq and Adbhutham before HanuMan, but they are what you would call ‘critical successes’, adding to his repertoire as an actor who can perform. But things have changed for him now, says Teja, who is being picky about the roles he says yes to. “Success either makes you overconfident or gives you the fear of disappointing people; I have the latter,” he explains.

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Teja admits he wants to chart out his career in Hrithik Roshan’s footsteps, but not in the way you think. “I have such a fondness for Hrithik due to Koi Mil Gaya and Krrish. No matter how well he performed after that, these left a lasting impression on me; I’m sure 90s kids will agree,” he says, adding, “Similarly, I’ve realised that I have an audience in children now. I want to be conscious of that when I pick roles. I want to make films families can enjoy together.”

But despite people in places like Mumbai or Delhi recognising him, Teja says he’s clear that he wants to cater to the Telugu audience first. “I am conscious that I am making films for my playground – the Telugu states. This is the sensibility I have grown up with, and I don’t know if I can cater to everyone else. Will I promote my films in other languages? Sure. But I also can’t be part of films that aren’t authentic to what I know or understand,” he explains.

‘Rootedness has put us on the world map’

And authenticity seems to be the need of the hour. Be it Baahubali and RRR or the recently released Pushpa 2: The Rule, Kalki 2898 AD and Devara: Part 1, certain kind of stories seem to be finding success. “Rootedness and going local is proving to be such a boon for us, be it in Devara or Pushpa or HanuMan. Kalki 2898 AD was our version of a Hollywood film (the sci-fi concept) with actors from across languages in predominant roles; it put us on the world map,” reflects Teja.

However, the actor admits Tollywood went through a phase of Bollywood-inspired rom-coms and family dramas that worked in their favour for a while. “That wasn’t easy to replicate either, but it’s just that these local stories are what the audience seems most interested in now. It can’t just be chalked up to religion, too. It’s about the morals these films are hinged on, the fighting for righteousness, and how an underdog can find their strength. Introducing Mahabharata or Ramayana to a new audience in a cool way is just a perk,” he says.

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And it’s this rootedness that Teja says his next films, Mirai and Jai Hanuman (the sequel to HanuMan), will also have ample of. “Mirai is also a superhero film that caters to kids, but it’s not an origin story like HanuMan. It has a pan-Asian and Buddhist touch because the story is based on King Ashoka’s ideologies. I hope that I will get to deliver something new to the audience again. I will only feel like I’ve arrived if Mirai is equally, if not more, successful,” says Teja.

Rishab Shetty will headline Jai Hanuman, but Teja also looks forward to shooting that. “I can’t wait to be on that set; it’ll be exciting. Now that we know India is ready to watch our films, I want to step it up. I want to shift gears and shoot for at least two films in 2025,” he says. As for what he will do next, Teja says he wants to up the ante. “When I got a SIIMA award for Zombie Reddy as a debutant, I remember telling Prasanth this would be the last award I get. But now that I won a Radio City Cine Award for Best Actor, I hope more awards will follow,” he signs off cheekily.

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