Ricky Ponting has released his special rating of players after T20 World Cup 2026. The surprising thing is that he has named England all-rounder Will Jacques as the most influential player of the tournament, leaving behind India’s star players Sanju Samson and Jasprit Bumrah. Ponting has given Jacques a full 10 out of 10.
Ponting’s rating is Jacques number-1
Former Australian captain Ponting gave points to the players in his top-5 list on the basis of their performance. Will Jacques stood first in this list, who got a rating of 10/10. Sanju Samson at second place and Jasprit Bumrah at third place were given 9.5-9.5 marks.
According to Ponting’s ranking, New Zealand’s wicketkeeper batsman Tim Seifert was at fourth position, who got 9 points. Whereas Pakistan’s batsman Sahibzada Farhan has been placed at fifth position with 8.5 points.
Will Jacques showed all-round amazingness
Will Jacques performed brilliantly in both batting and bowling throughout the tournament. He was seen in the role of finisher for England in many matches and also got wickets for the team through bowling when needed. Jacques scored 226 runs in this T20 World Cup and his average was 56.50. The special thing was that along with batting, he also took 9 wickets. With this, he became one of the few players in the history of the tournament who have made a record of scoring more than 200 runs and taking more than 9 wickets in a single edition.
Made many records also
Will Jacques achieved many special achievements in this tournament. He has also made the record of scoring the most runs in a single edition of the T20 World Cup while batting at No. 6 or below. Apart from this, he also achieved a big achievement by winning ‘Player of the Match’ four times in the same tournament. In the match against Italy, he scored the fastest fifty in T20 World Cup history for England by scoring a half-century in just 21 balls.
Official award in the name of Samson
Although Jacques remained number-1 in Ponting’s personal rating, Sanju Samson has officially received the ‘Player of the Tournament’ award. Samson scored 321 runs in the entire tournament and played important innings of 89-89 runs in both the semi-finals and final. Jasprit Bumrah was also excellent in bowling and was among the bowlers who took the most wickets in the tournament. The contribution of these two players has been very important in India’s victory.
