Stay in present, focus to do well in IPL: Ponting's advice to India players

With no more international matches scheduled ahead of the World Cup, Indian players can just look to perform for their respective IPL teams to salvage any hope of securing a ticket to England, said Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting.

"I was really happy to hear what Shreyas (Iyer) had to say there, that we have to make sure we stay in the present - with IPL," Ponting said referring to a comment made by Delhi captain Shreyas Iyer during the press conference.

"These Indian players can have a great IPL - that's all they can do to push for selection in the Indian World Cup team.

"If they score a lot of runs - that's all they can do with no more international games left. That's what I expect him (Shreyas) to do - score a lot of runs for the team."
"Thinking about the World Cup will obviously be a follow-up to the IPL. I don't want to think much about the selection process. What is in my hand currently is scoring runs and making my team win. That would be my first priority."
"I'm not sure what the directive from the BCCI is going to be on that exactly, but it'll be the fast bowlers they'll be trying to look after."
"So, we're pretty confident that we'll have most of our overseas players right through the very last game."