The all-rounder was left out of the 15-man preliminary World Cup squad also announced by tournament hosts England on Wednesday
Ponting had nothing but words of encouragement for the star Delhi Capitals player.
India will play their opening game of the tournament against South Africa on June 5.
The MS Dhoni-led side is at the top of IPL 2019 points table while SRH tumbled to sixth place.
hey (who missed out) shouldn't lose heart. It's a funny game. There could be injuries. So you never know when you could be called up, says India head coach Shastri
There will be no Yo-Yo Test for the World Cup-bound players as the IPL is going to end only on May 12, just a few days before India head to the UK.
Invited to bat, KXIP posted 182 for six against RR. KL Rahul (52) and David Miller (40) shared 85 runs to lay the foundation
They were eligible for the final two games of Australia's recent limited-overs tour against Pakistan, but selectors preferred that they eased themselves back at the Twenty20 Indian Premier League
Delhi Capitals captain Shreyas Iyer Sunday said that his team is believing it can win the IPL title this time
The New Zealander, who scored 40 off 24 balls against SRH, was also lavish in his praise for Shreyas Iyer's leadership skills.
Smith and Warner are currently playing for Rajasthan Royals and Sunrisers Hyderabad respectively in the IPL after serving their 12-month ban for their role in the ball-tampering scandal
In a first by the BCCI, the five-member national selection committee was given a three and half hour presentation, a day before the meeting in order to give the selectors a clearer picture
Wassan feels the announced Indian squad is very balanced and will give stiff competition to other teams
Sharma also elucidated that Rishabh Pant, who was backed for the number fourth position by many former players like Sourav Ganguly, needs to do more hard work
The Antiguan youngster took a bad tumble while trying to prevent the ball from reaching the boundary in an IPL game for Mumbai Indians against Rajasthan Royals on April 13.
He was due to play the final two one-day games against Sri Lanka but withdrew because his father was seriously ill.
The national selectors didn't bother to call up either of the two batsmen, Umar Akmal and Ahmed Shehzad nor left-arm fast bowler Wahab Riaz for the tests
RCB and India captain Virat Kohli defended the move to use left-arm spinner Pawan Negi in the 19th over from which Hardik smashed 22 runs to end the match
Australia will play against England and Sri Lanka in the warm-ups before opening its title defence against Afghanistan at the Bristol County Ground on June 1
Rajasthan Royals would look to take advantage of Kings XI Punjab's inconsistency and improve their position in the IPL 2019 points table