"Virat Kohli Feels Like He Is Almost...": Ricky Ponting On His Chat With Batting Maestro

Australia legend Ricky Ponting believes that star Indian batter Virat Kohli's wicket would be the most prized for Australia in the upcoming ICC World Test Championship 2023 Final as the former Indian skipper is 'back to his absolute best'. Ponting is set to head back home following Delhi Capitals' final game of IPL 2023 against Chennai Super Kings on Saturday. Still, he said he "can't wait" to get to London shortly after that in his capacity as a commentator for the WTC23 Final.

The 48-year-old looked visibly excited about the prospect of watching high-quality Test cricket at The Oval from June 7, in particular the match-ups between some of the best in the business.

One of them being India No.4 Kohli. The 34-year-old has been irresistible since he found form - he scored his sixth IPL century against Sunrisers Hyderabad on Thursday - and Ponting believes that spells trouble for Australia.

"I caught up with Virat about a month ago when we played them in Bangalore," said Ponting as per quoted by ICC.

Ponting revealed that he had a chat with Virat where the Indian batter said that he is at his absolute best.

"And I had a good chat to him about his batting and where he was at and his career. And he said to me then that he actually feels like he's almost back to his absolute best," the former Australian cricketer said.

"You probably saw that last night, you know, he's had a very good IPL and I'm sure he'll be the prize wicket that all the Australians are looking are looking forward to," he added.

India will be missing some key players for The Ultimate Test - Rishabh Pant is a long-term absentee, KL Rahul was ruled out of the Final after sustaining an injury in the IPL, and Jasprit Bumrah is continuing his rehabilitation from a