Only ONE Indian in Sangakkara's All Time XI

Update: 2016-06-28 11:27 GMT
Sri Lankan cricket legend Kumar Sangakkara on Tuesday announced his All Time Playing XI. The 38-Year-Old stunned everyone by including only one Indian in his Best XI and ignoring none other than Sachin Tendulkar.

Sangakkara announced the All-Time XI on his Twitter handle through a video. He choose Sri Lankan Aravinda de Silva as the Captain of the team. The left-hander preferred Rahul Dravid over Sachin Tendulkar to open the batting with Matthew Hayden. He also included Brain Lara, Ricky Ponting, Viv Richards and Aravinda de Silva in the batting order. Adam Gilchrist will be Wicket-Keeper.

Interestingly, Sangakkara want both Shane Warne and Muttaiah Muralitharan in his Squad irrespective of the pitch and conditions.

In the pace department, Sangakkara preferred Chamida Vaas over McGrath. He also voted for Pakistan great Wasim Akram.  

Sangakkara played 134 Tests and 404 ODIs in his International career, He scored over 27,00o runs which include 63 Tons (Tests - 38, ODI - 25).
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