All-time combined India-Australia Test XI

#8 Shane Warne

Warne is considered as the greatest legspinner ever

His big leg-break which pitched outside leg and then took Mike Gatting’s off stump is still considered the most famous delivery in the history of cricket. Warne was a youngster then but he went on to achieve bigger things in the sporting arena.

Over the years his leg-spinner not only became better but he also developed the flipper, the zooter, the googly, the toppie and the back spinner. Warne had probably the biggest arsenal of variations ever seen in a bowler. No wonder he bagged a Test hat-trick, a man-of-the-match award in a World Cup final and was the subject of at least seven books.

Warne led quite a colourful life outside the field too which often got him into trouble. But his comebacks were always memorable as he came out all guns blazing to prove himself.

In total, he played 145 Test matches where he bagged 708 wickets at an average of 25.41. Also with the bat, he scored 3154 runs without ever getting to a hundred.