‘Australia should stick with Finch’

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting said that Tim Paine and the Australian management should not panic and stick to the same XI and batting order for the second Test against India.

The former great further asserted that the team should stick with Aaron Finch as an opener and resist the urge to move him down the order after just one Test. “Why wouldn’t they do that (move Finch down the order) for this game if that’s their best line-up?” Ponting said.

Former Test spinner Shane Warne backed all-rounder Marcus Stoinis to be handed a debut in Perth, replacing Peter Handscomb, but Ponting was against the change. “I’d have to leave it like it is,” he said.