Legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar is regarded as one of the best batters to have played the gentleman’s game. He has tons of records to his name. He has scored 15,921 runs in ODIs and 18,426 runs in Tests during his glorious career. Sachin Tendulkar also has 100 international centuries and 201 wickets to his name.
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Meanwhile, Tendulkar picked his all-time XI and there were some surprising omissions. Notably, the likes of MS Dhoni, who is hailed as the greatest captain to have led the Indian cricket team, batting maestro – Virat Kohli, the great wall of Indian cricket – Rahul Dravid, and legendary spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, were missing from the all-time playing XI of Sachin among many others. In fact, the Master Blaster didn’t pick himself in his all-time best XI.
Yes, you read that right. In his own style, Tendulkar has made his best of the best XI that doesn’t feature the god of cricket himself. While many felt that the person making a list can’t include himself, die-hard Sachin Tendulkar fans will have none of it.
Sachin Tendulkar picked his teammate and good friend, Sourav Ganguly to lead the team as the captain. For the opening position, Tendulkar picked Virender Sehwag and Sunil Gavaskar. Interestingly, Sachin picked legendary Brian Viv Richards, Jacques Kallis, and Sourav Ganguly for the middle-order of his playing XI.
He picked Australian great Adam Gilchrist for the wicket-keeping role in his playing XI. In the bowling department, Sachin picked some of the greats – Harbhajan Singh, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, and Glenn McGrath.
Sachin Tendulkar’s Playing XI: Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Brian Lara, Viv Richards, Jacques Kallis, Sourav Ganguly, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Harbhajan Singh, and Glenn McGrath.
