Best Test XI for major Test teams in the last 20 years

#9 India

Dravid announced his retirement after a poor series Down Under in 2011-12

The Indian cricket team played its first Test match in 1932, becoming the sixth team to be granted Test cricket status. The team gained strength in the 1970s with the emergence of players such as Sunil Gavaskar, Gundappa Vishwanath, Kapil Dev, Bishan Singh Bedi. Sachin Tendulkar, who made is debut in 1989 had been the mainstay of Indian batting line-up since more than a decade.

Having played 200 tests in which he scored 15921 runs, Tendulkar remains the highest run scorer and the most capped player till date in Test cricket. We take a look at their greatest Test XI since the past two decades.