Cricket Australia on Thursday (August 19) announced their squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup 2021 to be held in UAE. Australia who are the only five-time winners of the ODI World Cup, have not been able to replicate it in the T20 World Cup since its induction in 2007.

The Aussies, who are just coming off a 1-4 defeat against Bangladesh in a five-match T20I series, will be led by Aaron Finch in the upcoming ICC tournament. In the star-studded squad announced by Australia, a youngster Josh Inglis earned his maiden call-up.

The wicket-keeper batsman made his name while playing in the Vitality Blast when he played for Leicestershire, by scoring 531 runs at an average of 48.27 and impressive strike-rate of 175.82, including an unbeaten 118 against Worcestershire.

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Former World Cup winning Australian skipper and legendary batsman Ricky Ponting, who was excited to see the right-hand explosive batsman in the Australian squad took to Twitter to express his excitement.

“Awesome to see Inglis get his opportunity in the squad, he's been scoring runs for fun and if Ellis is called on it's a great story for how far he's come since moving to Tassie. Overall, it's a brilliant squad of players that I think are capable of winning the World Cup,” Ponting wrote on Twitter.

Have a look at Ricky Ponting’s Tweet:

Awesome to see Inglis get his opportunity in the squad, he's been scoring runs for fun and if Ellis is called on it's a great story for how far he's come since moving to Tassie. Overall it's a brilliant squad of players that I think are capable of winning the World Cup. https://t.co/jc0WeLf4Hx

— Ricky Ponting AO (@RickyPonting) August 19, 2021

As far as the 26-year-old Inglis is concerned, he is currently in the UK and is playing the inaugural edition of ECB’s 100-ball tournament ‘The Hundred’ where he is representing the London Spirit and has scored two half-centuries.