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Australian captain Ricky Ponting said his team would approach the game against India with the same “nothing to lose” attitude they had when taking on England in the Champions Trophy encounter.

“Tonight (match against England) was a knock out game and it will be the same against India. I’m happy with the brand of cricket we played. We expect to display the same intensity and skills against the Indians,” Ponting said after a six-wicket win.

“It was a great performance. We did not have a great start (when batting) after the kind of bowling performance we had. But it was a comfortable win in the end,” he explained. “We went in with nothing to lose sort of attitude and it paid of for us. It was a resounding victory,” he added. The Aussie captain praised Damien Martyn’s elegant knock of 78 that helped the team overcome an early stutter and cruise past the target comfortably.

“In my eyes, he has not been under any pressure. He is a vital player for us coming in at number four and showed today how good he is, how to win matches.” Ponting said Mike Hussey, who added 118 runs with Martyn for the crucial fourth wicket, has given the team a lot of flexibility and proved that when he came at number five.
Source:The News