(CNN) -- Former captain Ricky Ponting insists he can still be a key player for Australia after becoming the third cricketer to score 13,000 Test runs on the opening day of the fourth and final match against India. Doubts were raised about Ponting's international future when he stood down as skipper early last year, but the 37-year-old has now scored two centuries in this series after a barren run with the bat. With Australia holding a 3-0 lead going into the Adelaide match, the tourists are facing a whitewash after Ponting and his successor Michael Clarke put on a record-breaking 252 runs on Tuesday.
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Australia batsman Ricky Ponting scores his 41st Test century and passes 13,000 runs
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The 37-year-old adds 252 for the second wicket with captain Michael Clarke
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Former skipper Ponting is the third highest run scorer in the five-day game
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Clarke also scores an unbeaten century as home side reach 335-3 at stumps
"You guys can answer that, you've seen me over a long period of time, but at the end of the day I think if I can keep making Test match hundreds or having an impact on winning games for @placeholder, then that's what I'm all about at the moment.