Sachin Tendulkar
Adam Gilchrist (wk)
Ricky Ponting
Viv Richards
Javed Miandad
Brian Lara
Imran Khan (c)
Kapil Dev
Wasim Akram
Shane Warne
Glenn McGrath (or Joel Garner....again a very tough one to decide)
Actually you could have two almost evenly-matched all time elevens
My original XI (seems stronger in batting)
vs
Greenidge
Haynes or Amla
Sangakkara
Inzamam-ul Haq or Kevin Pietersen
AB DeVilliers
Steve Waugh (c)
Kallis
Botham or Hadlee
Murali
Waqar
Joel Garner or Ambrose
or Gavaskar! I believe he once played out the full 60 overs and remained 36*
That was an anomaly.
What is not widely known abt Gavaskar was he burst onto Test cricket an attacking batsman. His hook shot was classic. But he removed it fom his.arsenal because india need him to bat through.