India's Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar were named as vice captains of the World Test and one-day teams respectively in the Super Series against Australia in October.
Tendulkar, who will make his comeback after a long injury lay-off, finds a place in both the teams while Dravid has made it to the Test squad, the International Cricket Council announced in Melbourne.
Dashing opener Virender Sehwag, who is in both the squads, is the other Indian to make the grade.
Two South Africans -- Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock -- will lead the Test and the ODI teams respectively, an ICC statement said.
Smith will lead the 13-member ICC World XI in the six-day Test against the Australians at the Sydney Cricket Ground from October 14 to 19, while Pollock will skipper the 14-member team for three one-dayers against the world champions at Melbourne's Docklands stadium on October 5, 7 and 9.
Test squad: Graeme Smith (capt), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid (vice-capt), Sachin Tendulkar, Brian Lara, Jacques Kallis, Andrew Flintoff, Shaun Pollock, Mark Boucher, Steve Harmison, Shoaib Akhtar, Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori.
ODI squad: Shaun Pollock (capt), Virender Sehwag, Sachin Tendulkar (vice-capt), Jacques Kallis, Brian Lara, Kevin Pietersen, Herschelle Gibbs, Andrew Flintoff, Kumar Sangakkara, Shahid Afridi, Shoaib Akhtar, Makhaya Ntini, Muttiah Muralitharan, Daniel Vettori.
The selectors -- Mike Atherton, Richard Hadlee, Clive Lloyd, Jonty Rhodes and Aravinda de Silva -- also includedFlintoff, Lara, Kallis, Muralitharan, Harmison and Shoaib in the star-studded squads. Those omitted from the Test squad were Anil Kumble, Michael Vaughan,Inzamam-ul Haq, Younis Khan, Makhaya Ntini, Shivnarine Chanderpaul and Brendon McCullum.
While among those to miss out in the ODI squad were Inzamam, Dravid, Abdul Razzaq, Chris Gayle, Harmison andMcCullum.
Sunil Gavaskar, who chaired the selection panel, said the World XI would put Australia under pressure to maintain its dominant home record.
"This is the first time for decades that the greatest players from the rest of the world have combined their talents, and I expect them to put Australia under real pressure," Gavaskar said in the statement.
"Australia will be looking to regroup after the intensity of the Ashes series in England, but Idon't think the cricket will be any easier for them against these World XI sides," he said.
"England has shown up fault lines in Australia's performances and I know (World XI coach) John Wright, Graeme Smith and Shaun Pollock will be eager to capitalise on that."
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Wright, the former Indian coach, will coach the ICC World XI teams, with Goolam Rajah of South Africa acting as team manager andEngland's Kirk Russell the team physiotherapist.
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