Former Australian skipper Ricky Ponting reckons that the Perth Test where India and Australia will lock horns with each other for the second time in the ongoing four-match series will suit the hosts more than the visitors despite the fact that hosts losing the first Test by 31 runs.

India is having a 1-0 series as they won the opening Test for the first time on Australian soil which was their sixth Test win in the history of Test cricket Down Under. However, Ponting reckons that Australia will hold an edge over the visitors in the second Test. Speaking to cricket.com.au, he said, “I think Perth will definitely suit our guys a lot more than the Indian players, but the Aussies need to bounce back pretty quickly. They played pretty poorly this week and got within 30 runs. And that’s not saying India played at their absolute best either, but they’re absolutely capable.”

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Stressing on the need to learn from mistakes, the former skipper said that the Aussies have some positives to take from it but they’ve also got to take a good hard look at what they’ve done through in the last game and make sure they do it a lot better.

Backing the fiery opener Aaron Finch, who got out for naught and 11 in the two innings of the first Test, to open the Australian innings in Perth, Ponting said, “Why wouldn’t they do that for this game if that’s their best line-up? I just think that would be really reactionary. The selectors have made a decision, or whoever is setting the batting order, that they think Aaron Finch is the right guy to be opening the batting for Australia.”

Explaining his point further, the batting legend said when the team management starts moving guys around, it just creates more uncertainty. He feels that the little things like that would come into players’ minds.