Best Test XI of the 21st century

11. Muttiah Muralitharan

The last spot goes to the spin wizard Muttiah Muralitharan. A veteran of test 800 wickets, Murali single handedly won Sri Lanka a lot of matches in his career.

Though he is regarded as the greatest bowler to have played the game, his career was often marred by 'chucking' allegations. These accusations disturbed Murali the least as he held the No. 1 spot in the ranking for a then world record 1711 days. After Saqlain Mashtaq, Murali was the first one to bowl the doosra.

In 2010, Murali announced his retirement from test cricket after the first test against India. He took 8 wickets in his final test to complete 800 test wickets at an average of 22.73.