Melbourne, Feb. 5 -- Australian legend Ricky Ponting believes that the selectors should take a gamble and include a 23-year-old uncapped Big Bash League (BBL) star in the ICC Champions Trophy squad to replace injured all-rounder Mitchell Marsh.

Marsh, a key figure in the Australia limited-overs set-up, was ruled out of the upcoming event last month due to a back injury and national selectors have until February 12 to finalise his replacement and submit their final squad of 15 to the ICC.

Australia, who had included Marsh in their Champions Trophy preliminary line-up, have not named a replacement yet, but Ponting has thrown a left-field name into the mix in uncapped all-rounder Mitch Owen.

Owen dominated the recent T20 domestic Big Bash...