Ponting game for multiple-captain idea

by Sethu Maathavan    April 04, 2009

"I heard the other day he was actually talking about having a couple of captains on the ground at once. I don't know how that's going to work," Ricky Ponting, a KKR player himself said.

"But I know Tassie (Tasmania) actually experimented with that a few years ago. They had Dan Marsh and George Bailey. One was doing the field placings and one was doing the bowling changes.

"So it just sort of lightened the load up I guess on the actual captain on the field and gave him a bit more opportunity to think about different things. I don't see there's a lot of problems with it," said Ponting.

"The more experience you can get into a lot of guys as far as leadership goes can only benefit your group," he said.

"But it seems like it's a bit more of a sensitive situation at the moment with Sourav (Ganguly) being captain and maybe not wanting to give up that actual role, which you can understand as well.

"I think there is some merit in it. We'll see how it works at the end of this IPL," said the Australian skipper.

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