All-Time Greatest Test Team

ICC has announced the results of polling for ‘All-time Greatest Test Team’. According to these results following players have been included in team:-

Virender Sehwag, Sunil Gavaskar, Donald Bradman, Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Kapil Dev, Adam Gilchrist (wicketkeeper), Shane Warne, Wasim Akram, Curtly Ambrose, Glenn McGrath.

4 Indian players are part of this team. The selection of Sunil Gavaskar and Sachin Tenudulkar was expected, but induction of Sehwag and Kapil Dev is facing strong criticism from allover the world. Amazingly Most wicket Taking bowler in test cricket history Muttiah Muralitharan is not part of this list. This is enough for understanding the selection process. The only reason due to which Morli is not part of this list is because he is not Indian. Kapil Dev is there while Imran Khan and Botham are out. Sehwag is there while Sir Viv Richards is out. It means that because of huge vote bank, Indian players succeeded in making place in this team. Otherwise on merit you cannot exclude Muralitharan, Imran Khan, Viv Richard, Javed Miadad and Waqar Younis from a real great team. These are player who introduced new arts to test cricket.