Legendary Australian cricketer Ricky Ponting set a great example to dominate the cricket world in the early 21st century. Indian cricketer Rohit Sharma has produced similar success stories in the recent ICC tournaments. Here, we are going through the key stats differences between the captain Ricky Ponting and Rohit Sharma. 

Australia under Ricky Ponting's leadership

Under the leadership of Australian captain Ricky Ponting, Aussies won four ICC trophies. While they won the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 and ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, both as the unbeaten sides, they won the ICC Champions Trophy 2006 and ICC Champions Trophy 2009. The cricket fans can't forget skipper Ricky Ponting's one of the greatest batting performances during the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003 Final against India, where he won the Player of the Match award for his powerful batting performance of 140 not out.

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Rohit Sharma-led India

Meanwhile, after finishing as the runners-up in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 by losing the Final against Australia, which was the only defeat for Rohit Sharma-led India in that entire tournament, they won the ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 and ICC Champions Trophy 2025, both as the unbeaten sides. Rohit Sharma-led India have recorded 23 wins in their last 24 fixtures in the ICC tournaments, which is just incredible for any team. 

Just like the legendary Aussie skipper Ricky Ponting, the Indian captain Rohit Sharma has played an integral role with the bat for his team. While captain Ponting was always a key name for Australia in the ICC tournaments, skipper Rohit has proved it in recent ICC tournaments. While Indian captain Rohit batted powerfully consistently in the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2023 and ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024, he won the Player of the Match award in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Final against New Zealand. 

Ricky Ponting vs Rohit Sharma in ICC events as captain 

As a batter