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Know there's been a lot of negativity in last few weeks, rang Langer to offer support: Ponting

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The Australian side went through a tough phase recently after they suffered defeats in T20I against West Indies and were then thumped by Bangladesh away from home. But the former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has put his weight behind Justin Langer and also revealed that he did have a chat with the coach. 

"I have got no doubt. I know there's been a lot of negativity the last few weeks, I really felt for Justin, I rang Justin a few times," Ponting told 2GB Radio.

"They just got back from that tough tour of the West Indies and then Bangladesh, and he was locked up in his hotel room in quarantine in Adelaide, and he was sort of copping it left, right and centre."

"I and a lot of his close friends have reached out to him," Ponting added.

Ponting also echoed what Langer had said earlier that a few months ago the Aussie team was the top-ranked side in T20Is and Tests. "If you wind the clock back not even 12 months ago, the Australian team were the number one ranked Test team and T20 team in the world, we know all the talent is there,” he said. 

Australia recently announced the squad for the World T20 scheduled to take place in UAE and Oman and some key players like David Warner, Glenn Maxwell, Steve Smith and Pat Cummins who had earlier missed the tour to the Caribbean islands and Bangladesh were included back in the side that would be led by Aaron Finch. 

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