Shane Warne picks his dream World Cup XI, only one Indian makes the cut

Australian spin legend Shane Warne donned the selectors hat to pick up his World Cup XI composed of players who he has played with or against.

Amid the 2019 ICC World Cup, biggest spectacle in international cricket, which has 10 top ODI nations fighting it out for top honours, Australian spin legend Shane Warne donned the selectors hat to pick up his World Cup XI composed of players who he has played with or against. Warne' All time World Cup XI had a good semblance of players from different nationalities.  However only one Indian made the cut into his dream team.It was none other than Indian batting Maestro Sachin who made it to the team. Warne made his picks while speaking at an event in London on the sidelines of the ongoing World Cup on Sunday. Warne had fellow Australian Adam Gilchrist open the batting with Tendulkar in his dream World Cup team. Warnie picked two more Australians in Ricky Ponting and Mark Waugh in the middle order. Warne's nemesis Brian Lara and Sri Lankan Kumar Sangakkara as the other batsmen in the team. Warne said, “It’s a pretty good top-four. No.5 wasn’t as clear-cut as the top-four. I wanted an all-rounder at No.5 and I went with Mark Waugh because he was the greatest all-round cricketer I played with. “For No.6, I wanted a left-hander and I went with Kumar Sangakkara. If you wanted to change it up, he could go up the order. If something happened to the wicketkeeper, Sangakkara could keep wickets.” “Andrew Flintoff can bowl a good yorker and he has good hitting capabilities. I thought of Andrew Symonds but went with Flintoff at the end. “Shahid Afridi’s bowling was underrated and his fielding was good. Akram at No, 9 is a good fielder and could smash it out of the park. At No.11, there would be so many options but I ended up going with my mate,” Warne said. Shane Warne’s World Dream XI: Adam Gilchrist, Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, Mark Waugh, Kumar Sangakkara, Andrew Flintoff, Shahid Afridi, Wasim Akram, Muttiah Muralitharan, Glenn McGrath