2 Indians in Ricky Pontings's top 5 picks for World T20I XI. And why

Two Indians figure in the first five players Australian batting great Ricky Ponting would pick for a world T20I eleven - all-rounder Hardik Pandya and pacer Jasprit Bumrah.
Ponting listed Pandya as the third and Bumrah as the fifth player he would pick - going by current form - when asked about the first five in his eleven by ICC review.

Pandya is arguably the best T20 all-rounder in the world, he said in explanation of his choices, while Bumrah is the most complete bowler across all three formats.

Ponting's first choice is Afghanistan bowler Rashid Khan, considering his "consistency, wicket-taking ability and his outstanding economy rate in T20s. His second choice is ace batter and Pakistan skipper Babar Azam who is currently number one ranked batter in limited overs by ICC. His fourth choice is star English opener Jos Buttler, currently at number 16 in T20I batting .

Here are Ponting's top five picks for a world T20I eleven. And what he had to say on each one of them

1. Rashid Khan: "The reason I thought about that was if we actually had a player event in an IPL auction now and there was no salary cap, he is probably the one that is going to go for the most amount of money,"

2. Babar Azam: "Simply because he is the number one ranked batter in the T20 game for quite a while now and deservedly so. His record speaks for itself. He is pretty much led the way for that Pakistan team for the last couple of years.

3. Hardik Pandya: "On current form, it's pretty hard to go past Hardik Pandya at number three. His IPL was outstanding. To see him back at the bowling crease is something that I was always a little bit unsure would actually ever happen ... he has had some really big injury setbacks, which has obviously affected how much he has been able to play for India. But he is back bowling, and at 140kph which he was doing four or five years ago."

4. Jos Buttler: "He was one of the people who is an out-and-out match-winner as we saw with last year's IPL, making three or four hundreds, which was quite remarkable. His batting went to another level in the last year or so."

5. Jasprit Bumrah: "He is probably the most complete bowler across Test cricket, One Day cricket and T20 cricket in the world right now. Very good with the new ball when anyone decides to use him that way."