A look back at Kumar Sangakkara's all-time Test XI

#3 Brian Lara (West Indies)

Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score of 400* in a Test innings against England at Antigua in 2004

Sangakkara has picked Brian Lara at No. 3. The Trinidadian Batsman is regarded as one of the World's greatest, having topped the Test rankings on several occasions.

Lara also holds the record for the highest individual score of 400* in a Test innings against England at Antigua in 2004.

Legendary fast bowler Glenn McGrath has gone on record saying that Lara is the best Batsman he has ever bowled to. With all the records, runs, talent, reputation and class, Brian Lara is a must for anybody's All Time Test XI.

#4 Ricky Ponting (Australia)

He is one of only four players in history to have reached the 13,000 Test run mark

Ricky Ponting has been picked to bat at No. 4. Having played over 160 Tests for his country, Ponting is Australia's leading run-scorer in Test and ODI cricket.

He is one of only four players in history to have reached the 13,000 Test run mark. He also holds the record for being one of the most successful Captains of all time, with 48 victories in 77 Tests between 2004 and 31 December 2010.

Being the only cricketer in history to be involved in 100 Test victories, Ponting is the only batsman to have hit a Century in both the innings of his 100th Test Match, and that is what makes the Former Australian Captain so special.

#5 Aravinda De Silva (Sri Lankan)

Aravinda De Silva played a vital role in Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup win

Sangakkara was in a dilemma in whether to pick De Silva or Jayawardene but since Kumar Sangakkara and Mahela Jayawardene had mutually agreed on the fact that De Silva was the best ever Sri Lankan player they had seen, he chose De Silva.

Aravinda De Silva played a vital role in Sri Lanka's 1996 World Cup win and announced to the world that Sri Lanka couldn't be taken lightly anymore. He has scored a century in each innings of a Test match on two different occasions and has always backed his aggressive style of batting.

He has kept faith in his own potential and technique, has remained focused and has always disregarded critics, maintaining the stand that his style of play had been aggressive all through and he shall not change it. He has been an all-time great for Sri Lanka.

#6 Jacques Kallis (South Africa)

Kallis was probably the best All-Rounder in the world to have played Test cricket

Kumar Sangakkara picks Jacques Kallis as his No. 6 batsman. Kallis was probably the best All-Rounder in the world to have played Test cricket.

Being a superb Batsman, he has scored 45 Hundreds and 58 Fifties at an average of 55.37 runs and has exhibited the quality of bowling overs of genuine fast bowling too. He is the only cricketer in the World to score more than 10,000 runs and also take more than 250 wickets in Test and ODI Cricket, both.

Having a Test average of over 55 runs per innings, and the phenomenal abilities to play reverse swing, as well as swing and reverse swing the ball himself, he is a no-brainer for inclusion in the team.

#7 Adam Gilchrist (Australia)

Gilchrist was a phenomenal No.7 batsman

Adam Gilchrist finds a place in Sangakkara's XIs, being an extraordinary Wicket-Keeper and a fine, yet aggressive Batsman.

He is also regarded as the greatest Wicket-Keeper Batsman the game has ever produced, who had scored a quick 81* and taken five catches along with one stumping in his debut match itself.

He has been a serious threat, not only to Bowlers due to his sheer brilliance with the bat, but also to the Batsman as he rarely missed any chances of catching or stumping. Gilchrist is one of the best, if not 'the' best No. 7 batsman one can ever find or think of.