Tendulkar and Zaheer to play for the ICC Test team 2011

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Dubai: The senior cricketers of India, Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan are chosen as part of the ICC Test team of the year, the selected team was headed by the West Indian legendary batsman Clive Llyod.

Four countries are represented in the 12-man line-up and Tendulkar made the team for the third year in a row, having appeared in the ICC World Test Team of the Year 2009 and 2010. On the other hand, the South African fast bowler, Dale Steyn also made the team for the fourth time. Moreover, he was the member of the ICC test team for year 2008, 2009 and 2010. Steyn’s fellow teammates, Hashim Amla and Jacques Kallis — along with Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakara, and England duo of Graeme Swann and James Anderson all appeared in the team for the second year in a row. This time Sangakara was selected as the captain of the team.

“The selection of this year’s Test team was a difficult one with so many commendable candidates available to fill just 12 places,” said Chairman of the ICC Awards selection panel, Clive Lloyd in a media conference while announcing the short-list for the ICC Awards 2011 scheduled to be held in London on September 12.

“The team has a formidable line-up that bats well down the order and has bowlers with the skill and form to dismiss any opposition twice on any surface,” he added. moreover, he said that this time the selection was not an easy job but they had to give preference to the credentials of all the players before finalizing the team.

Lloyd added, “While selecting the squad, the selectors didn’t rely only on statistics only but took into account all other factors like the opposition, pitch conditions, match situation etc. But when you have only 12 places to fill from a big group of world-class players there will always be a few who will miss out.”

Lloyd was joined on the panel by former South Africa spin bowler Paul Adams, former Pakistan batsman Zaheer Abbas, former New Zealand bowler-turned-commentator Danny Morrison and former England batsman Mike Gatting.