Melbourne:&nbsp;Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has named three potential bowlers to be included in the final-15 of the World Cup squad, which includes Indian-origin medium-pacer Gurinder Singh Sandhu.
Ponting is impressed with the domestic form of pace pair&nbsp;Jason Behrendorff and Sandhu, while the triple World Cup&nbsp;winner believes that the 20-year-old Aston Agar could also be&nbsp;included as a specialist spinner.
<img src="http://images.mid-day.com/2013/jan/Gurinder.jpg" alt="Gurinder Sandhu" width="500" height="438" /> Gurinder Sandhu. File Pic/Getty Images
"Jason Behrendorff from the Perth Scorchers has been a&nbsp;standout for me so far in the Big Bash and his domestic record&nbsp;is also good," Ponting told SEN's Summer Breakfast program.
The New South Wales-born Sandhu, whose parents hail from&nbsp;Punjab, has bagged 52 wickets in 29 List-A matches at an&nbsp;average of 24.36. Ponting opines that the 6 foot 3 inches-tall&nbsp;bowler is a good limited-over proposition.
"And Gurinder Sandhu is the other one. I think he's a&nbsp;terrific short form bowler. He bowls well at the death in T20&nbsp;games which is probably an area that Australia haven't really&nbsp;ever excelled in the limited-overs game," he said.
Ponting also feels that Agar, who made his Test debut at&nbsp;Trent Bridge last year, scoring a remarkable 98 batting at&nbsp;No.11 in world-record stand with Phillip Hughes, could provide&nbsp;Australia a dynamic spinning option.
"I would actually throw Ashton Agar's name in there as a&nbsp;bit of a smokey (an Australian slang for a horse whose form has been kept secret).&nbsp;
"I haven't talked much about this before but I was just&nbsp;looking and thinking about what they might do with a spinner for the World Cup, and we know that Agar's a very handy lower&nbsp;batsman and a good fielder as well. I think he's someone who&nbsp;could slot into a World Cup one-day side really nicely."
The 40-year-old Ponting, who retired from all forms of&nbsp;the game in December 2012, feels that young all-rounder Glenn&nbsp;Maxwell is another dynamic player in line for the 50-over&nbsp;showpiece event.
"I think expectation is the thing that's weighing him&nbsp;down a little bit at the moment," Ponting said of Maxwell's poor form of late.&nbsp;
"As I try to say to him, that's just down to the way he&nbsp;plays his cricket. He's got so much talent &iquest; the ability to do some unbelievably freakish things. He's got to find a way&nbsp;within himself to become a consistent cricketer for the Stars and Victoria and hopefully for Australia."&nbsp;
Australia have submitted a list of 30 probables to the&nbsp;ICC wihtout disclosing the names in public and are expected to come up with the final-15 on or before January 7, 2015.

Former Australia captain Ricky Ponting has named Indian-origin medium-pacer Gurinder Singh Sandhu among&nbsp;three potential bowlers to be included in the final-15 of the World Cup squad

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