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Shikhar Dhawan and Kumar Sangakkara


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With 2015 Cricket World Cup group play ending on Sunday, Paul Radley names his Best XI of the tournament through the six group matches.
Second para for testing..

Shikhar Dhawan, India: Rare among Indian batsmen in that he has been entirely at home Down Under in this tournament. Literally: Dhawan has a house in Melbourne, which is where he scored a seminal century for India against South Africa in front of nearly 90,000 people.

Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka, wicketkeeper: As if he had not managed it in the preceding 15 years of his gilded career, Sri Lanka's finest is making sure everyone has something to remember him by at this World Cup. Four successive centuries put him head and shoulders above the rest with the bat.
Test for another para.

 Brendon McCullum, New Zealand, captain: The defining figure of the tournament so far. Sir Richard Hadlee reckons New Zealand have never had a captain like him before, while Shane Warne said "jeez, he is a tough rooster" for the way he made light of a brutal blow to his forearm from a Mitchell Johnson thunderbolt.
 Brendon McCullum, New Zealand, captain: The defining figure of the tournament so far. Sir Richard Hadlee reckons New Zealand have never had a captain like him......

AB de Villiers, South Africa: The South Africa captain's case for inclusion in this team was unarguable. The world's No 1 ODI batsman has scored 417 runs at an average of 83.40 and a strike-rate of 144.