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Ricky Ponting has announced he will stand down as captain of both the Australia Test and one-day cricket sides.
Ponting also declared he is available for selection for the tour to Bangladesh if the selectors pick him and backed Michael Clarke to be a successful replacement.
"I've had the chance to think long and hard about it," Ponting said at a press conference at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
"I have decided to stand down from the test and one-day team as of now.
"I want to give the next captain my full and total support.
"I'll be sitting in the corner of the dressing room just like everbody else."
Ponting has been under pressure to step down since Australia's disastrous Ashes campaign last summer, which saw the Aussies relinquish the urn for the third time under Ponting's leadership.
His form as a batsman has also been in the spotlight, breaking his long century drought with a gritty hundred in Australia's World Cup quarter-final loss to India last week.
Cricket Australia is set to announce this week its squad for the upcoming tour of Bangladesh, with Michael Clarke expected to be named as captain.
Ponting has captained Australia in 77 Test matches for 48 wins - the most of any Test skipper - 16 losses and 13 draws.
And his 228 one-day matches in charge returned 164 wins, 50 losses and two World Cup victories.
But following a recent lean stretch with the bat, Ponting became tetchy in Australia's failed World Cup defence.
Twice, Ponting apologised for, he says inadvertently, damaging a dressing room television and his reaction to colliding with teammate Steve Smith when taking a catch.
But the Tasmanian ended his run drought in the quarter-final with his stellar century against India.
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