Ex-Australia Batting legend Ricky Ponting feels that India should have picked Hardik Pandya in their squad for the World Test Championships final against Australia in London, saying his all-round abilities could have turned out to be the deciding factor in the one-off game.

WTC Final: Ponting wrote for the ICC Review –

“…I thought about the other day for India in this game is how valuable someone like Hardik Pandya could be in a one-off Test match.”

Ponting added – “I know he is on record saying that the Test match game is probably a little bit hard on his body. But for a one-off game… he’s been bowling every game through this IPL and he’s bowling quick.”

Ponting further added – “He (Pandya) could be that X-factor there just to pick in a one-off game, come in and see what he can do with bat and ball. He could be the difference between the two teams.”

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