Australian great Ricky Ponting will pick Arshdeep Singh over Harshit Rana for India's Champions Trophy opener against ...

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting expressed his surprise at Shreyas Iyer's exclusion from the Indian team despite the luxury he offers as a reliable middle-order batter across formats.

In the process, the stand-in-captain also became the fifth-fastest batter to reach 10000 Test runs in the list which includes greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and more.

Ponting said the merits of opening with Head were clear, but that the greater priority should be fostering Konstas as a long-term opener. Ricky Ponting has backed Sam Konstas to play in the first ...