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The World Cup runners-up Sri Lanka contributed four players while champions India just three to the ICC's team of the tournament .
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 dashing opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene and veteran off-spinner 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.
Khan was the tournament”s joint most-successful bowler with 21 wickets along side Pakistan leg-spinner and captain Shahid Afridi.
The global govering body”s all-star XI was completed by the South Africa duo of batsman/keeper AB de Villiers and fast bowler Dale Steyn and Australia all-rounder Shane Watson.
ICC”s team of the World Cup (in batting order):
Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SL), Kumar Sangakkara (SL,captain/wk), Mahela Jayawardene (SL), AB de Villiers (SA), Yuvraj Singh (IND), Shane Watson (AUS), Shahid Afridi (PAK), Dale Steyn (SA), Zaheer Khan (IND), Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)
12th man: Tim Southee (NZ).
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