New Delhi: Ricky Ponting, who is counted as one of the greatest batsmen of all time, on Monday revealed that he has kept the bat he used in 2003 World Cup final against India as a souvenir.
His revelation comes as it was on this day 17-years ago that Australia went on to lift its second successive World Cup.
In the finals of the tournament, Ponting had played an unbeaten knock of 140 runs from just 121 balls.
"Given we've all got a bit of time on our hands as we stay at home, thought I'd go through what I've kept from my career and share some of it with everyone on a regular basis - this is the bat I used in the 2003 World Cup final," Ponting tweeted.
In the finals against India, Australia was sent in to bat first. Adam Gilchrist and Matthew Hayden provided a quickfire start to Australia as the duo put on 105 runs for the first wicket.
It was then Ponting and Damien Martyn who took the Indian attack to the cleaners and both batsmen took Australia's score to 359/2 in the allotted fifty overs.