Sri Lanka star in ICC’s team of the WCup

World Cup runners-up Sri Lanka contributed four players and champions India just three to the International Cricket Council’s team of the tournament announced yesterday. India defeated fellow tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede...

World Cup runners-up Sri Lanka contributed four players and champions India just three to the International Cricket Council’s team of the tournament announced yesterday.

India defeated fellow tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni making a man-of-the-match winning 91 not out.

But the ICC’s five-man panel of experts, looking at the World Cup as a whole, opted for Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as skipper.

The other Sri Lankans in the team were opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene and Muttiah Muralitharan, who made his final international appearance.

India’s trio were Sachin Tendulkar, a World Cup winner at the sixth attempt, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh – the man of the tournament – and left-arm quick Zaheer Khan.

ICC’s team of the World Cup (in batting order Tendulkar (India), Dilshan (Sri Lanka), Sangakkara (Sri Lanka), Jayawardene (Sri Lanka), AB de Villiers (S. Africa), Yuvraj Singh (India), Watson (Australia), Afridi (Pakistan), Steyn (S. Africa), Zaheer Khan (India), Muralitharan (Sri Lanka).

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