Four Indians figure in ‘All-time Greatest Test team’
July 18th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, July 18 (IANS) Four Indians - Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev - have made it to the ‘Alltime Greatest Test team’ through an online poll across the world.
Fans voted on the International Cricket Council’s official website, www.icc-cricket.com, to pick the leading 11 as part of the celebrations to commemorate the 2,000th Test match, which will be played between England and India at Lord’s from Thursday.
Four Australians, two West Indians and one Pakistani have also been named in the team.
“The huge interest generated during the past month was amazing as media and supporters worldwide speculated and then selected the fan’s Greatest Test team of all time. It supports our view of the everlasting popularity of Test match cricket,” said Haroon Lorgat, ICC chief executive.
“It would have been quite special to see this team take the field of play given the array of batting and bowling talent contained within the playing eleven.
“Selecting from such greats is no easy job, and not surprisingly, the selection mainly reflects modern players seen by present day supporters. There are many greats from the past who would have easily merited selection in this team, but it is nevertheless interesting to see the fans view on their greatest eleven of all time.”
The team: Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Donald Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara, Kapil Dev, Adam Gilchrist (wicketkeeper), Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose, Glenn McGrath
- ICC's All-time Dream Test team a joke: Alec Stewart - Jul 19, 2011
- ICC starts poll for greatest team ahead of 2000th Test - Jul 11, 2011
- Gavaskar inducted into ICC Cricket Hall of Fame - Feb 09, 2012
- Seven Indian cricketers in fray for ODI dream team - Dec 22, 2010
- Congratulations pour in for Tendulkar - Dec 19, 2010
- Sachin, Sehwag, Kapil in ODI dream team - Jan 05, 2011
- Motera eagerly awaits Tendulkar's 100th century - Mar 24, 2011
- Why should Sachin Tendulkar retire: Lata Mangeshkar - Mar 20, 2012
- Zaheer nominated in three categories for ICC award - Aug 10, 2011
- Tendulkar surpasses 14,000 mark in 171st Test match in Bangalore - Oct 10, 2010
- Tendulkar fails to emulate Bradman's feat (Lead) - Mar 25, 2011
- Players' choice to play for country or club: Kapil Dev - May 29, 2011
- Tendulkar, the right choice for ICC WC brand ambassador: Kapil Dev - Jan 28, 2011
- Nine players nominated in three categories at LG ICC Awards 2010 - Aug 18, 2010
- Sehwag smashes 22nd Test ton, Dravid 30th (Ahmedabad Test highlights) - Nov 04, 2010
Tags: adam gilchrist wicketkeeper, ambrose, australians, brian lara, donald bradman, easy job, glenn mcgrath, haroon lorgat, icc cricket, international cricket council, kapil dev, sachin tendulkar, shane warne, sunil gavaskar, test match cricket, test team, virender sehwag, wasim akram, west indians, world fans