Australian captain Ricky Ponting [Images] had a different experience on Wednesday as he was flooded with a barrage of questions on topics related to cricket and beyond it.

For Ponting, it was a day to recall pleasant memories and discuss non-serious topics as he participated in a cricket training programme organised for 350 children in Bangalore.

"Would you like to act in a Bollywood film?" asked one young enthusiast.

And the shrewd Aussie quipped, "that would depend on how many beautiful girls are there in the film".

"What was the worst habit you have," asked another, making Ponting think awhile before replying.

"I don't think I have too many, but I think it is my habit of chewing gum on the field," he said.

On his cricket idols, Ponting said he admired David Boon and Kim Hughes when he was growing up.

"However, my favourite cricketer right from the younger days has been Sachin Tendulkar [Images]. He is the best benchmark in world cricket," he said.

On beating Tendulkar on the count of Test centuries, Ponting indicated that there was a chance of doing it as the Indian batsman has 36 centuries while he has 33 and he could play a little longer.

Answering a query on which rule of the game he would have liked to change, he remarked on a lighter vein, "the batsman cannot be out in the first ball".

And what made the Australian champion smile, he grinned, "Indian kids make me smile".

Ponting said if he were not a cricketer he would have wanted to be a professional golfer.

Replying to questions posed by cricket enthusiasts on the Australian scene, he said that Michael Clarke [Images] was shaping up well.

On the most difficult one of the three World Cups he has played, Ponting said it was the 1999 one where they had lost two games and had to put in everything to win the remaining.

Refusing to field a question on his opinion on the bane of Indian cricket, he said, "I am not sure of that....It is not easy to play under such tremendous pressure."

He said India had enough bench strength and would soon be a force to reckon with.