Most cricket fans have little interest or connection with Golf. But earlier this week, cricket fans rained down tagging former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting in a post from the official Twitter handle of PGA Tour, and congratulating Ricky Ponting for winning the PGA Open tournament in Golf!
Yes, this happened. Why? Because the winner of the PGA Open tour this year, Brian Harman, while wearing a cap and sporting the smile after winning his trophy, looked very much similar to Ricky Ponting.
Who is Ricky Ponting’s Doppelgänger, Brian Harman?
The similarities in the faces of Brian Harman and Ricky Ponting, especially when the former was smiling in the winning photo that the PGA Tour’s twitter handle posted, were uncanny. At first, any cricket fan who would look at this photo would be mistaken – and duly forgiven – for mistaking Brian Harman as Ricky Ponting.
Brian Harman is a 36-year-old American professional golfer from Savannah, Georgia. He plays on the PGA Tour, where he has won three tournaments, including a major championship victory at the 2023 Open Championship recently. Harman won his first major championship at the 2023 Open Championship, finishing on -13, six strokes clear of the rest of the field.
Fans congratulated Ricky Ponting for his victory, tagging him in this post. This went viral in quick time and even commentator Isha Guha didn’t miss to have some fun with Ponting on Twitter.
Well done @RickyPonting 🙌 https://t.co/6Hkp72ujxL
— Isa Guha (@isaguha) July 24, 2023
Meanwhile, Ricky Ponting recently commented on the ongoing Ashes 2023 series in England, where Australia have, for their second consecutive tour in England, retained the Ashes Urn after the 4th Test of the series in Manchester ended in a draw as rain denied England a chance at victory on Days 4 and 5.
Ponting clocked back everyone’s mind to Ben Stokes’ declaration on Day 1 of the series in Edgbaston, where Australia won by 2 wickets. The former Aussie skipper reckons that declaration on Day 1, with Joe Root still batting at 118*, has come to rue for England.
“I think they will regret the fact that they declared,” Ponting said on Sky Sports. “I think they’ll regret how hard they went with the bat in the second innings.
“A 280-run lead having been bowled out in the second innings, I think if you had’ve asked straight after losing the toss, you’re going to be happy chasing 280. I would’ve taken that.”
