Indian people get emotional whenever they're asked about World Cup 2003. As a man single handedly pulverized the dreams of entire Indian nation, none other than the "Great Ricky Ponting."

Ricky Ponting smashed a 140* off 121 in the final against India in 2003 World Cup. 
Indian skipper chose to bowl first on a cloudy day at the Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg. Ricky Ponting, the Australian captain came out with all the guns blazing to smash an outrageous 140* off only 121 deliveries, he smoked 8 sixes and four elegant boundaries. Ponting's 140* and Damien Martyn's 88* helped Australia post 359 on the board. India failed miserably in the chase and were bundled out for a paltry 234 runs inside 40 overs and lost the final by a huge margin of 125 runs and Aussies won their third World Cup at that time, which is now 6.

After the match, there were strong rumours everywhere that Ponting had a spring bat, the reason behind his swashbuckling innings in the final. In the IPL 2024, Ponting is the head coach of Delhi Capitals and a media boy asked him about the spring bat saga in a Q/A session and Ponting broke the silence about this spring bat controversy.

"Spring bat? I have never even heard of a spring bat. What is a spring bat? I have never heard of it. Obviously been a spoken about it a lot here in India, not in Australia. There is no such thing as a spring bat."

Ponting's side is firmly standing on number 6th among the 10 teams of the lucrative T20 league after making a fine comeback of winning three matches on the trot out of four. His side, DC will take on tournament’s five-time champion Mumbai Indians on Saturday (27th April) at the Arun Jaitley Cricket Stadium.