Jammu, March 18 -- Shreyas Iyer, the newly-appointed skipper of Punjab Kings, says head coach Ricky Ponting makes him feel like a great player. "He supports everyone. When I worked with him for the first time in the past, he made me feel like I am a great player and I can easily excel in this format. The confidence he gives a player is of a different level," Iyer said of the Australian during a media interaction in Chandigarh on Tuesday (March 18).

"The goal is to win the trophy, that's our mindset right now and it's a step-by-step process, it's not like you wake up in the morning and do it but the way we're practicing right now and the way we're sharing our wavelength and camaraderie with each other, it's going really well."

Both Ponti...