Josh Inglis is a potential wicket-keeper candidate for Australia's T20I: Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting feels that Perth Scorchers' Josh Inglis is a potential wicket-keeper candidate for Australia's World T20 squad. The former Australian skipper believes that the right-hander's flexibility could make him a fascinating pick for the upcoming T20 World Cup. However, Ricky Ponting feels that Australia's most prominent area of concern is the finisher's position. The Australian cricket team is next scheduled to tour West Indies and Bangladesh for a limited-overs series. Alex Carey, Matthew Wade, and Josh Philippe were all named to the 23-member squad. However, this will be cut down further before the five T20s and three ODIs against the West Indies team in July.

The wicket-keeper's role is an issue that needs to be fixed: Ricky Ponting

Ricky Ponting, who has earlier been a part of Australia's T20 coaching staff reckons that the finisher's role still remains a problem. He also mentioned that the wicket-keeper's role is an issue that needs to be fixed. Alex Carey was dropped from Australia's T20 team last September, and then Matthew Wade has handed over the wicket-keeping duties in the last nine T20Is. Meanwhile, Josh Philippe, who was the KFC BBL Player of the Tournament, made his international debut against New Zealand. He performed as a specialist top-order batsman and will also provide the Australian selection committee with an additional option.

Josh Philippe was rewarded his international debut considering his brilliant performance in the Big Bash League. The 23-year-old once again starred with the bat as he helped Sydney Sixers retain their title. This was the second instance that Philippe starred for the Sixers in the KFC BBL. He amassed 508 runs at the strike rate of 149.41. Philippe has also announced the tournament player in the Sixers' successful title defense. Josh Philippe, who made his IPL debut in 2020, has so far featured in five games. The youngster has scored 78 runs for the Bangalore-based franchise.

Speaking about the selection for the forthcoming T20 World Cup, Ricky Ponting believes that choosing a wicket-keeper will be difficult. Talking about Josh Inglis, he has quite the record in domestic cricket. The wicket-keeper has scored around 2077 runs from 42 first-class matches at an average of 34.04. His List A matches have seen him fetch 708 runs from 22 games, whereas he has amassed 941 runs from 41 games in the T20s.

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