In an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s official website, over 50,000 fans voted for selecting India’s ‘Greatest Test XI’. With India set to play their 500th Test when they lock horns against New Zealand in the first of the three-match Test series, the website conducted the poll to celebrate the great milestone of the Indian team.

The fans were asked to select the players from a long list of the greatest openers, middle-order batting stars, the wicketkeepers, the fast bowlers and spinners. The list is heavily dominated by the players who recently retired from the game. And it is not a surprise as India reached the pinnacle of Test cricket only after these players came into the team.

India’s limited-overs skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni got the highest percentage of vote after receiving 93 percent of the vote as India’s greatest wicketkeeper-batsman.

Legendary openers Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag were selected to open the innings followed by ever-reliable Rahul Dravid at number three. World’s highest run-scorer in Tests, Sachin Tendulkar will follow Dravid at number four. VVS Laxman received the maximum votes for number five and six position but he was given the fifth position and the next position went to second-ranked Sourav Ganguly.

The bowling department also looks balanced with the likes of Zaheer Khan, Anil Kumble and Kapil Dev.

Check out the full team along with the full breakdown of the results:

Openers:

Sunil Gavaskar and Virender Sehwag