Australian great Ricky Ponting feels Suryakumar Yadav has the ability to “win” the ODI WC for India and the selectors should stick to him despite his woeful run in the format. In the recent three-match ODI series against AUS Surya became the first Indian batter to register a hattrick of golden ducks.

Ricky Ponting said on ICC Review –

“Everyone around the world knows what Surya can do in white-ball cricket. His previous 12 or 18 months have been absolutely outstanding. I feel they should stick with him because he’s the sort of player that can win you a World Cup.”

Suryakumar has scored 172 runs in the format at an average of just 12.28 since his last fifty in February last year. But Ricky Ponting firmly backed the Indian batter, and said he could do what the late Andrew Symonds did in winning the 2003 and 2007 World Cups under his captaincy.

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Ponting further said –

“He might be a little bit inconsistent but he’s the sort of guy that in big moments can win you games. A bit like the late great Andrew Symonds did for Australia. So that’s definitely the way that I’d look at it for India. I wouldn’t be playing safe. I’d be going with match-winning players and I think he’s a match-winner.”