Bhubaneswar, May 20 -- India will take on formidable Australia in the World Test Championship (WTC) final at The Oval starting June 7. Both India and Australia have announced their squads for the all-important match.

However, former Australia captain Ricky Ponting expressed surprise over India's 360 degree batsman Suryakumar Yadav's omission from the Indian Test squad. But the legendry batsman pointed out at a Rishabh Pant-like player in the Indian squad and hailed him as an 'X-factor' for the WTC final.

"I am really surprised with Suryakumar Yadav's omission for the all-important match. However, there is another X-factor that has just been added in Ishan Kishan. If you look at the way he plays, he is probably the most like Rishabh Pant...