India's Greatest Test XI

After more than 50,000 votes, we present India's Greatest Test XI as voted for by the fans.

Who you think deserves to be selected in India's Greatest XI as a way of celebrating their 500th Test match, starting on Thursday in Kanpur.

From the greatest openers, the best of a swathe of middle-order batting stars, the wicket-keepers, the quicks and a host of spinners.

India's Greatest Test XI is:

1.Sunil Gavaskar

2.Virender Sehwag

3.Rahul Dravid (VC)

4.Sachin Tendulkar

5.VVS Laxman

6.Sourav Ganguly (C)

7.MS Dhoni (wk)

8.Kapil Dev

9.Anil Kumble

10.Harbhajan Singh

11.Zaheer Khan

The full breakdown of the results is below, showing several clear-cut winners in their respective categories, led by Saurav Ganguly.

The tightest battle was for the No.5 and No.6 positions, with VVS Laxman a clear victor for one spot and former skipper Sourav Ganguly just edging out current captain Virat Kohli for the other spot in the batting order.

Unsurprisingly, the side had a distinctly modern feel; all but Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev played Test cricketsince the year 2000, underlining the unprecedented period of success Indian cricket has enjoyed so far this century.

Gavaskar is joined by modern day powerhouse Virender Sehwag at the top of the order while Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar were the unsurprising choices to fill the No.3 and No.4 positions.

Allrounder Dev is partnered by left-armer Zaheer Khan in a two-man pace attack, while leg-spinner Anil Kumble and offie Harbhajan Singh bring plenty of variety - and more than 1000 Test wickets - to the spin attack.

INDIA'S GREATEST TEST XI - Votes

#Opening combination

Sunil Gavaskar-Virender Sehwag: 63 per cent

Gautam Gambhir-Virender Sehwag: 30 percent

Gautam Gambhir-Sunil Gavaskar: 5 per cent

#Number 3

Rahul Dravid - 76 per cent

Sachin Tendulkar - 23 per cent

Mohinder Amarnath - 1 per cent

#Number 4

Sachin Tendulkar - 77 per cent

Rahul Dravid - 22 per cent

Mohammad Azharuddin - 1 per cent

#Number 5

VVS Laxman - 37 per cent

Virat Kohli - 28 per cent

Sourav Ganguly - 18 per cent

Mohammad Azharuddin - 17 per cent

#Number 6

VVS Laxman - 44 per cent

Sourav Ganguly - 25 per cent

Virat Kohli - 16 per cent

Mohammad Azharuddin - 14 per cent

#Wicketkeeper-batsman

MS Dhoni - 93 per cent

Syed Kirmani - 6 per cent

Kiran More - 1 per cent

#First fast bowler

Kapil Dev - 58 per cent

Zaheer Khan - 31 per cent

Javagal Srinath - 10 per cent

#Second fast bowler

Zaheer Khan - 48 per cent

Kapil Dev - 29 per cent

Javagal Srinath - 21 per cent

#First spin bowler

Anil Kumble - 75 per cent

Harbhajan Singh - 11 per cent

Bishan Bedi - 10 per cent

#Second spin bowler

Harbhajan Singh - 44 per cent

Anil Kumble - 25 per cent

Bishan Bedi - 21 per cent

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