Kumar Dharmasena picks his all-time XI

Middle and lower order

#4 Sachin Tendulkar

The 'God of Cricket' Sachin Tendulkar is the highest run scorer in Tests and ODIs. He has the record of 100 International Centuries in his career. He was the Man of the Tournament of ICC World Cup 2003. He was in the winning squad of 2011 ICC World Cup.

He scored his 100th century against Bangladesh in 2012 Asia Cup. He is the member of Rajya Sabha. He is the owner of Bengaluru Blasters in Premier Badminton League and co-owner of Kerala Blasters in Indian Super League.

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#5 Brian Lara

'Princey' was considered one of the greatest batsmen of his generation. Brian Lara is the highest run-scorer for Windies in Tests. He scored 11912 runs in his Test career with the highest score of 400* against England in 2004 at St John's. He scored 501* in first-class Cricket for Warwickshire against Durham in 1994 at Edgbaston. He was inducted into ICC Hall of Fame in 2012.

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#6 Kumar Sangakkara (WK)

'Sanga' is regarded as one of the most influential cricketers. Kumar Sangakkara scored 28016 runs in international cricket across all formats. He is the fastest batsman to score 8000, 9000, 11,000 and 12,000 runs in Test cricket. He has also scored the joint fastest 10000 runs in Test. He is the highest run-scorer for Sri Lanka in Tests. He scored 12400 runs in Tests with the highest score of 319 against Bangladesh in 2014 at Chittagong.

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#7 Jacques Kallis

Jacques Kallis' talent as an all-rounder was a threat to his opponents. He scored the most runs in Tests for South Africa. He scored 13289 runs in his Test career with the highest score of 224 against Sri Lanka in 2012 at Cape Town. 'Kalahari' is the head coach of Kolkata Knight Riders in Indian Premier League. He also has 292 test wickets to his name.