By IANS
Brisbane : Controversies hogged the limelight during India’s acrimonious tour Down Under, but Australian skipper Ricky Ponting does not regret the way he handled them.
Ponting came in for heavy criticism after the ill-tempered Sydney Test saw issues of racism and gamesmanship divide the cricketing world.
“As a captain and a leader you have lots of things to deal with. No doubt this summer has been a tough one but I felt I’ve dealt with the issues as well as I possibly could and tried my best to put them behind me and prepare myself and the team,” Ponting was quoted as saying in The Age.
Ponting said Mathew Hayden being reprimanded for his comments on Harbhajan Singh did not have any affect on the morale of the team before the finals.
“You can’t blame any of the issues for our performances in the last two games because there really has not been anything that’s happened,” he said.