{"id":53070,"date":"2022-07-27T09:30:53","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T04:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=53070"},"modified":"2022-07-27T02:18:56","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T21:18:56","slug":"ponting-says-babar-key-to-pakistans-wc-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-sports-news\/ponting-says-babar-key-to-pakistans-wc-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Ponting says Babar key to Pakistan\u2019s WC victory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD \u2013 July 26 (ONLINE) Australia\u2019s World Cup winning former captain Ricky Ponting said he thinks Pakistan Captain Babar Azam is the key towards Pakistan\u2019s success in the coming T20I World Cup, scheduled in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If Babar doesn\u2019t have a great tournament, I don\u2019t think they can win,&#8221; Ponting said, talking to ICC Review.<\/p>\n<p>In the latest episode of the ICC Review, the 47-year-old acknowledged the class of star pacer Shaheen Afridi and the 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