Afridi included in ICC’s team of the World Cup

MUMBAI: Pakistan captain Shahid Afridi was the only player to get a place in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) World Cup team of the tournament announced on Sunday.
Meanwhile, World Cup runners-up Sri Lanka contributed four players and champions India just three to the star-studded side.
India defeated fellow tournament co-hosts Sri Lanka by six wickets at the Wankhede Stadium on Saturday, with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni making a man-of-the-match winning 91 not out.
But the ICC’s five-man panel of experts, looking at the World Cup as a whole, opted for Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as skipper.
The other Sri Lankans in the team were dashing opener Tillakaratne Dilshan, Mahela Jayawardene and veteran off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan, who made his final international appearance.
India’s trio were Sachin Tendulkar, a World Cup winner at the sixth attempt, all-rounder Yuvraj Singh — the man of the tournament — and left-arm quick Zaheer Khan.
Khan was thetournament’s joint most-successful bowler with 21 wickets alongside Pakistan leg-spinner and captain Shahid Afridi.
The global govering body’s all-star XI was completed by the South Africa duo of batsman/keeper AB de Villiers and fast-bowler Dale Steyn and Australia all-rounder Shane Watson.
ICC’s team of the World Cup: Kumar Sangakkara (SRI, captain/wk), Sachin Tendulkar (IND), Tillakaratne Dilshan (SRI), Mahela Jayawardene (SRI), AB de Villiers (RSA), Yuvraj Singh (IND), Shane Watson (AUS), Shahid Afridi (PAK), Dale Steyn (RSA), Zaheer Khan (IND), Muttiah Muralitharan (SRI) 12th man: Tim Southee (NZL)