‘We have not achieved anything yet’: Ricky Ponting says that Punjab Kings cannot celebrate cricket news despite the top-to finish

New Delhi: Punjab Kings, despite sealing the top-two finish in the IPL 2025 playoffs with a major seven-cicat win over Mumbai Indians, said, head coach Ricky Ponting stressed that the team has “achieved nothing yet.” The former Australian captain urged to focus caution and focus, stating that the qualification for the playoffs after more than a decade has only been “half -work done.”Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now!“I mean yes, this is a great achievement so far, but in fact, if you look back, we have not achieved anything yet,” Ponting told Gehotstar. “This is one thing that I am telling the players that we are worthy of that moment.”Who is that IPL player?Punjab Kings have looked like one of the most balanced and harmonious units this season, some ponting admitted that the need to finish the job emphasized. “This is actually a talented team that is all on the same page and going in the same direction. The vision was always to finish in the top two – we have just reached there. But we have got another week to go.”Ponting credited Skipper Shreyas Iyer for the team’s strong leadership. “I was eager to work with him again. We finalized in Delhi together, and he is a quality man. He is a great leader – someone who knows when the players have to pat the back and when needed to give them a kick when needed.”As the Punjab Qualifier 1 is ready for 1, the message of Ponting is clear: the mission is not over.