New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson is undoubtedly one of the great batsmen in modern day cricket as he adapts to any situation beside being a great leader.
Years ago, when the current Kiwi skipper toured Australia for the first time as a 21-year-old, wicketkeeper-batsman Brendon McCullum had told Aussie legend Ricky Ponting that Williamson would go on to become a great.
Speaking about it, Ponting said: "Brendon McCullum said to me then ‘this kid is going to be one of the best players in the world."
"And I thought ‘really?'. He was pretty loose outside off stump and was going pretty hard at the ball,” Ponting was quoted as saying by cricket.com.au.
"And he's their captain, so he's a very important player for them," Ponting added.
Ponting also felt that Williamson has turned into a great cricketer in the shortest format of the game which is not a very easy thing to do.
"I've seen him turn himself from an ordinary T20 player into a very good T20 player, and that's not an easy thing to do. That says a lot about the skill that he's got," Ponting opined.
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