Ricky Ponting provided some batting advice for off-colour batting pair Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne, providing the example of Virat Kohli.

Ricky Ponting has asked the Australian batters Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to trust their game like Virat Kohli to bounce back in the five-match Border-Gavaskar series. Both the players struggled big in the first Test in Perth.

Ricky Ponting advises Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne to adopt a more assertive approach ahead of the pink-ball Test against India in Adelaide.

Ricky Ponting wants Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith to learn from Virat Kohli to come out of form slump ahead of Border-Gavaskar Trophy's Adelaide Test.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting advised struggling batters Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to trust their strengths and take more risks, citing Virat Kohli's approach as an example. Despite their massive defeat in the opening Test,

Ricky Ponting encourages Marnus Labuschagne and Steve Smith to regain their form by trusting their game and drawing inspiration from Virat Kohli's sec