Legendary batsman and former Australian captain Ricky ponting choose Kumar sangakkara as the captain of his all time XI. It’s a big honour ponting gave to Sri Lankan great as he himself regarded as ‘one of the best captain in the history of the game’.
“A very determined player, loved winning and gave his team every opportunity to win when he was out in the middle”, ponting said.
“Also a great leader of men, and that why he is the captain of my XI” he said.
Ponting all time XI :
Mathew Hayden
Justin Langer
Jacques Kallis
Sachin Tendulkar
Brian Lara
Kumar sangakkara (cpt.)
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Shane Warne
Wasim Akram
Curtly Ambrose
Glen McGrath
