Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has predicted the two teams that will battle it out in the final of the upcoming Champions Trophy 2025. During an interview with the International Cricket Council, the former Australia captain maintained that India and Australia were the strongest contenders to play the Champions Trophy 2025 final. \u201cIt\u2019s hard to go past India and Australia again. Just think about the quality of players in both countries right now, and you look back in recent history when these big finals and big ICC events have come around and inevitably Australia and India are there somewhere,\u201d Ricky Ponting added. His statement came following the two teams\u2019 clashes in the ICC World Test Championship final and the ODI Cricket World Cup 2023 final, both of which Australia won. Meanwhile, Rick Ponting also picked Pakistan as a strong contender for the ultimate game on the back of their performances in the last two ODI series against Australia and South Africa. \u201cThe other team that is playing some really good cricket at the moment is Pakistan,\u201d said Ponting. \u201cTheir one-day cricket over the last little bit has been absolutely outstanding. We know they\u2019re not always the most predictable team in those big tournaments, but they seem like they\u2019ve sorted things out a little bit,\u201d the former Australia captain added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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