Best Test XI of the 21st century

2. Virender Sehwag

Virender Sehwag is often regarded as the batsman who redefined opening batting in test cricket. His aggressive approach to the game was second to none and his strike rate of 82.23 seems unreal even after the standards set by the T20 leagues.

He has 2 triple hundreds to his name. One was the fastest triple hundred (278 balls) against the South African bowling attack consisting the likes of Makhaya Ntini, Morne Morkel and Dale Steyn and other was against Pakistan which earned him the title 'Sultan of Multan'. He fell short of a record third triple century by 7 runs against Sri Lanka at the Brabourne Stadium in 2009.

He had the knack of getting 'daddy hundreds', with 13 out of his 23 hundreds in Test matches resulting in the score in excess of 150.

His attacking game fetched him 8586 runs in test cricket at an average of 49.34.