Australia cricket great Ricky Ponting has reportedly shelled out a whopping 150 crores to buy a 6 bedroom mansion in Toorak, a suburb of Melbourne.

According to reports in the Australian media, the mansion was sold above its listed price. The property was listed with a price guide of $19 million to $20.6 million, but is reported to have been purchased for $20.75 million.

According to The Age, the home, located in one of the most exclusive areas in Melbourne, is set on 1400 square metres and comes with open-plan indoor-outdoor living spaces and a modern kitchen.

It includes wrought-iron stairs and marble-topped kitchen surfaces. This won't be the Ponting family's first brush with life in a big mansion. The family still owns another mansion in the beachside suburb of Brighton, purchased for $9.2 million in 2013.

That property, located in Brighton’s so-called “Golden Mile” includes seven bedrooms, eight bathrooms, an internal theatre and private laneway to the beach. They also own a $3.5 million, four-bedroom, three-bathroom Portsea house which they picked up in 2019.

A three-time World Cup winner with Australia, two of which he won as captain, Ricky Ponting is among the most successful captains of all time in international cricket. He led Australia during their "Golden Era" in the mid-2000s, taking over from Steve Waugh and remains Australia's all-time highest run scorer in Tests and ODIs.

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