windows 7 - Why does the ping command in my batch file execute in a loop?

I created a .BAT file in Windows 7 that has the following line:

PING XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX -t

(XXX replaces the actual IP number). However, when I double click on this batch file, I can see the ping command repeatedly being executed in a loop. I even tried to rename the ping.BAT to ping.CMD but the result is the same.

I want to avoid writing ping command through the command prompt, which is why I created the batch file. I don't know why the ping command is being continuously called when the same statement is put in a batch file.