Former Australian captain Ricky Ponting believes Indian captain Rohit Sharma needs to bat at the top order to regain his form back.

Rohit Sharma Indian captain Rohit Sharma missed out the first Test as he was on paternity leave. In his absence, KL Rahul opened the innings and he did extremely well in Perth. But the return of Rohit in Adelaide, made the things difficult. However, Rohit opted to bat at the middle and keep KL Rahul on top.

But Rohit's comeback scores were 3 and 6 respectively. Ricky Ponting said that the Indian captain should be batting where he’s most comfortable.

“I felt that if (Rohit) Sharma was coming back into the side, he should have gone straight back up to the top and opened the batting,” Ponting said.

“That's how I felt about it. And I know that KL and Jaiswal had a 200-run partnership in Perth and they had played well, but he's (Rohit) your captain. He's one of your most experienced players.

“You want to be sending him out at the top in his normal role. So that's something they might think about. They might think about Rohit going back to the top for Brisbane.”

“And he's opened the batting for such a long period of time. I would get him straight back up there again and try to find a slot somewhere down the order for KL (Rahul).

“That's what I would do. Because I think that's what he (Rohit) would prefer.”

The third Test commences on Saturday, 14 December at the Gabba, Brisbane.