Commenting on the decision to play Keemo Paul over Sandeep Lamichhane, the official said that Ponting felt that the team should look to keep the winning momentum going and not make too many changes.
Ponting met Pant on Monday night, hours after the India squad was announced with Dinesh Karthik being preferred over the 21-year-old for the reserve wicketkeeper's slot.
Once the left-hander gets going, he becomes a nightmare for the bowlers but the 21-year-old often gets criticised for playing rash shots.
Ponting went on to add that nobody would want to play SRH on a wicket like the one on Thursday.
Ricky Ponting feels that the team cannot over-rely on Rishabh Pant, and the other batsmen too need to rise to the challenge.
Rishabh Pant has set the tone with a blistering 78 off 27 balls against Mumbai Indians during Delhi Capitals' 37-run win in Mumbai on Sunday.
Delhi Capitals coach Ricky Ponting said that they have had no word from the BCCI about managing players' workload ahead of the 2019 World Cup.
Ricky Ponting insisted that reshuffle in the squad during the IPL auction earlier this year would help the team to have a successful season.
Apart from Ricky Ponting, Delhi Capitals advisor Sourav Ganguly also backed Rishabh Pant and marked the young wicketkeeper-batsman as one for the future, calling him a "huge asset".
When he was probed about him not working hard enough during his rehabilitation, Prithvi's answer was curt.
With the 15-member squad still to be picked for World Cup, Ponting has said some good knocks for the Delhi Capitals would make Pant the favourite.
In his new role, Sourav Ganguly will work closely with the Delhi Capitals' head coach Ricky Ponting.
Ponting said there won't be any internal hostility towards the former captain and vice-captain who are expected to be back into the national fold following their 12-month bans in the aftermath of ball tampering incident.
Virat Kohli scored his 40th ODI ton and hit his 1000th ODI boundary as India beat Australia by 8 runs in Nagpur to pick up their 500th win in the format.
Warne believes that Ponting should be focussed on Australia rather than the T20 league, citing the example of Ravi Shastri, who had to leave the IPL governing council in 2015.
Smith and Warner will become eligible for international cricket again from March 29.
Ponting's appointment comes a day after David Saker resigned as Australia's fast-bowling coach with immediate effect.
If Rohit does manage to score a ton in Wellington, it will put him level with the West Indian Chris Gayle on the all-time list.
Ponting in his praise for Pant said the southpaw, who has already belted two overseas Test centuries in England and Australia, will surpass former India skipper MS Dhoni's tally of six Test tons.
The former three-time World Cup winning cricketer also slammed pacer Starc, who was at the non-striker's end, for not intervening.
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