WATCH: Ricky Ponting's hilarious reply to Preity Zinta on his aggression during IPL 2025

Punjab Kings (PBKS) recently shared a video in which viewers can see the co-owner of the team, Preity Zinta, and head coach Ricky Ponting have engaged in a candidate chat. The franchise has shared a clip of the video from their official 'X' handle, which quickly attracted attention from cricket lovers.

In reply to a question from Zinta, Ponting asked her to join him in the dugout so that she could feel the intensity more during a match. The cricket legend of Australia, known for his aggression during his captaincy, now looks more calm and composed as a coach in the dugout. So, when the Bollywood actress heard about his aggressive mentality and approach, it was a shocker for her.

"How does somebody be so aggressive on the ground and as a person but be so calm and chilled out?" Preity Zinta asked this question to Ponting. In reply, Ponting said, "You need to come and sit next to me in the dugout sometimes, because you will see that it's not always calm. Look, I'm an aggressive-natured person, especially when it's cricket time."

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The 50-year-old coach revealed his approach to coaching as well in the video shared by Punjab Kings. Punjab Kings experienced one of their best dominating seasons in IPL 2025. They topped the group stage, and after a defeat in Qualifier 1, they cornered Mumbai Indians to claim a spot in the final match. Though, in the end, Royal Challengers Bengaluru had the last laugh over Punjab. Despite the heartbreaking moment, Ponting's influence over the team was undeniable.

Ponting revealed his views on coaching a team

As he revealed, he is completely focused on his duties and always tries his best to pull out the best performances from the players. 

"I'll have a laugh and a joke and a coffee and sit down with anyone and talk about anything outside of cricket time. But when it's cricket time, it's my job to bring high performance to this team... And so I'm not going to waste a minute, I'm not going to waste a day, I'm not going to waste a training session where I'm not trying to be the best coach that I can be and make every single player that's playing with me the best player that they can be," Ricky said this to Preity in the video clip. 

Watch the clip here