Matthew Hayden picks his all-time Test XI of 21st century; No place for Jasprit Bumrah

The former Australian dashing opening batter Matthew Hayden has picked his all-time Test XI of the 21st century. Interestingly, he picked his XI without the likes of Indian seamer Jasprit Bumrah and Australian pacer Mitchell Starc.

Notably, Hayden revealed his XI in a show on ESPNCricinfo. He went ahead with the former England skipper Alastair Cook and former Australian opener David Warner as his opening pair. While Cook smacked 12472 runs from 161 Tests, Warner amassed 8786 runs from 112 Tests.

On the other hand, Jacques Kallis and Brian Lara take up the No.3 and No.4 roles, respectively. Moreover, Lara has been entrusted to lead the XI. Kallis accumulated 13289 runs from 166 Tests, while he scalped 292 wickets. On the other hand, Lara racked up 11953 runs from 131 Tests.

The recently retired Indian batter Virat Kohli takes up the No.5 spot in the XI. VVS Laxman is another Indian batter in the XI. While Kohli smacked 9230 runs from 123 Tests, Laxman amassed 8781 runs from 134 Tests.

Adam Gilchrist will keep the wickets with Shane Warne being the lone spinner in the XI. Gilchrist accumulated 5570 runs from 96 Tests at an average of 47.6. Warne ended as the second-leading wicket-taker with 708 runs from 145 Tests.

Pat Cummins, Brett Lee, and James Anderson form the pace battery. While Cummins scalped 301 wickets from 68 Tests, Brett Lee pocketed 310 wickets from 76 Tests, with Anderson picking up 704 wickets from 188 Tests.

Matthew Hayden’s all-time Test XI of the 21st century: 

Alastair Cook, David Warner, Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara (c), Virat Kohli, VVS Laxman, Adam Gilchrist (wk), Shane Warne, Pat Cummins, Brett Lee, James Anderson.

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