Legend of Cricket, Sachin Tendulkar has been voted the ‘Best Test player’ of the 21st century in an online poll conducted by Cricket Australia’s website. The God of Cricket got the highest number of votes to emerge on top of the list of the 100 best Test players since 2000, in a poll conducted by cricket.com.au. Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara received the second highest votes, followed by Adam Gilchrist of Australia in the third position.

The Mumbai Indians Icon Player, Tendulkar earned 23 per cent of votes, with more than 16,000 fans participating in the survey. Sangakkara got 14 per cent votes after CA released the top-100 Test players’ list since 2000 on its website.

Tendulkar, who retired from international cricket in 2013 after playing his 200th Test, is the lone Indian player to be figuring in the top-10 list, while there are four Australian, three South African and two Sri Lankan cricketers. The 42-year-old Tendulkar, who is the only batsman to have hit 100 international centuries, holds the record for highest run scorer in both Tests and One-Day Internationals.

1. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 23%,

2. Kumar Sangakkara (SL) 14%

3. Adam Gilchrist (Aus) 13%

4. Ricky Ponting (Aus) 11%

5. Jacques Kallis (SA) 11%

6. AB de Villiers (SA) 10%

7. Shane Warne (Aus) 9%

8. Glenn McGrath (Aus) 5%

9. Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) 3%

10. Dale Steyn (SA) 1%.