Kallis picks Lara, Tendulkar and Kohli in his Ultimate XI

Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar and Virat Kohli headline Jacques Kallis’ all-time XI, a side built across three different eras of the format.

Kallis opened with Brian Lara and Tendulkar before slotting Ponting in at first drop, followed by Kohli and AB de Villiers in the middle order. For the all-rounder’s role, he went with Andrew Flintoff, overlooking himself, Kapil Dev, Imran Khan and Ian Botham.

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MS Dhoni took the gloves, with Shane Warne the side’s only frontline spinner. The pace attack was built around Shaun Pollock, Wasim Akram and Waqar Younis.

Ponting was handed the number three spot behind the two openers, rounding out a line-up featuring three Indians, two Australians, two Pakistanis and two South Africans.

Kallis’ all-time ODI XI: Sachin Tendulkar, Ricky Ponting, Brian Lara, Virat Kohli, AB de Villiers, Andrew Flintoff, MS Dhoni, Shane Warne, Shaun Pollock, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis.

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