Suresh Raina picked Brian Lara and Sachin Tendulkar as openers in World XI but did not include Dhoni, Kohli Raina selected Viv Richards, Gary Sobers, Yuvraj Singh, Ian Botham, and Andrew Flintoff in the middle-order The chosen spinners were Shane Warne, Harbhajan Singh, Anil Kumble, and Saqlain Mushtaq with Paul Adams
