Dinesh Karthik has been a reckoning force in the ranks of IPL that has seen him hammer sensational finishes, ushering RCB to the playoffs after a season riddled with incredible highs and lows. But then in a marathon league like that of IPL, in all the darkness and light combined, what does matter is that there is a showstopper always.

In a list of many experts to voice support for DK making it to the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 world cup, the latest addition was that of former Australian captain, Ricky Ponting. Impressed by the hard-hitting numbers, Ponting gave his vote of confidence for the wicket-keeping batter and wanted him to be included in the upcoming T20 World Cup. Speaking to Isa Guha in the ICC Review, he was vocal about his admiration of RCB’s Mr. Finisher Supreme.

Ponting said, “I would have him, and I’d have him in at that five or six role. The way that he finished games for RCB this year, he took his game to another level.” 

“When you look at the IPL, you want your better players to maybe be able to win two or three, maybe four games through the season. If you can get that out of them, it’s probably going to be a really good return. But Dinesh probably had a bigger impact on a lot of the games than most of the other RCB players did this year," he further added.

Talking about how Dinesh Karthik evolved into the X-factor for RCB, “Virat (Kohli) having the year he’s had, Maxi (Glenn Maxwell) started the tournament really well … but DK was the one. And Faf too I guess, who kept the RCB bandwagon rolling. I’d be surprised if he’s not in there (India) line-up somewhere,” he said.