Ponting set to be punted as skipper?RICKY PONTING could be in the final week of his nine-year reign as Australia's captain after it was revealed he is likely to face stiff opposition at boardroom level to retain his job for next month's tour of Bangladesh.
As Ponting prepares to lead his team against cricket superpowers India in Thursday night's cut-throat World Cup quarter-final in Ahmedabad, it has emerged the 36-year-old faces as big a battle with Australian powerbrokers to hold on to his job.
The Herald has been told by a senior Cricket Australia official there should at least be a discussion by the board on whether Ponting should lead the side to Bangladesh even if national selectors name the Tasmanian as captain for the tour.
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