Michael Clarke has admitted his part in the decision to drop Ricky Ponting from Australia's ODI squad.
The 37-year-old has failed to score past double figures in five matches of the latest tri-series against India and Sri Lanka.
Although Ponting has not yet announced his retirement from the 50-over format, the Tasmanian has conceded that he does not expect to feature in green and gold again.
Australia skipper Clarke said that the decision was not taken lightly.
"I'm 100% part of the selection panel. That's part now of the captain's job. We've made this decision as a panel," said Clarke.
"He's certainly going to be missed. I've been great friends with Punter for a long time and that certainly won't change. But I've also played a lot of one-day cricket with him and it's going to feel really weird looking around the field and not seeing him there.
"He's going to play a lot more Test cricket I hope. So there's going to be plenty of time for Ricky to play international cricket for Australia."
Ponting played 375 times during his ODI career, scoring nearly 14,000 runs at an average of 42.03.
