Cricket World Cup History: Combined XI featuring Asian players

#10 Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga

Lasith Malinga impressed everyone in the 2007 World Cup match against South Africa, where he became the first man to take four wickets in four consecutive balls and nearly pulled off an improbable victory for his side.

With 43 wickets to his name in World Cup cricket, Malinga is arguably the greatest death bowler of this era. His ability to provide his team with a breakthrough every time the team is desperate for one is unique. Bamboozling batsman all over the world with his toe crushing yorkers and slower deliveries, Malinga is a match winner in the shorter format.

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#11 Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan

The spinner’s spot in Asia's all-time World Cup XI can belong to only one bowler and that is non other than Muttiah Muralitharan. The off-spinner is the highest wicket taker in ODI cricket with 534 wickets to his name.The Sri Lankan great has picked up 68 wickets in 40 World Cup matches averaging a little under 20.

The off-spinner played an instrumental role in Sri Lanka's World Cup triumph in 1996 and remained a genuine wicket taker for Sri Lankan cricket for close to two decades. His ability to provide the captain with wickets at any stage of an innings and turn a game on its heels makes him one of the best spinners to have ever played the game.