The votes are in - this is India's Greatest Test XI as voted by YOU!

Over the past week, we have been asking you to have your say on who you think deserves to be selected in India's Greatest XI as a way of celebrating their 500th Test match, starting on Thursday in Kanpur.

From the greatest openers, the best of a swathe of middle-order batting stars, the wicketkeepers, the quicks and a host of spinners, you've had your say on who you think deserves to make the cut.

From the more than 50,000 votes cast, your selection for India's Greatest Test XI is:

Sunil Gavaskar Virender Sehwag Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar VVS Laxman Sourav Ganguly MS Dhoni Kapil Dev Anil Kumble Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan

The full breakdown of the results is below, showing several clear-cut winners in their respective categories, led by MS Dhoni who won 93 per cent of the vote as India's greatest wicketkeeper-batsman.

The tightest battle was for the No.5 and No.6 positions, with VVS Laxman a clear victor for one spot and former skipper Sourav Ganguly just edging out current captain Virat Kohli for the other spot in the batting order.

Unsurprisingly, the side had a distinctly modern feel; all but Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev played Test cricket since the year 2000, underlining the unprecedented period of success Indian cricket has enjoyed so far this century.

Gavaskar is joined by modern day powerhouse Virender Sehwag at the top of the order while Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar were the unsurprising choices to fill the No.3 and No.4 positions.

Allrounder Dev is partnered by left-armer Zaheer Khan in a two-man pace attack, while leg-psinner Anil Kumble and offie Harbhajan Singh bring plenty of variety - and more than 1000 Test wickets - to the spin attack.

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Note: Players listed as having received 0 per cent of the vote did receive a handful of votes, but not enough to warrant a percentage of the total votes

Opening combination

Sunil Gavaskar-Virender Sehwag: 63 per cent

Gautam Gambhir-Virender Sehwag: 30 per cent

Gautam Gambhir-Sunil Gavaskar: 5 per cent

Sunil Gavaskar-Navjot Sidhu: 1 per cent

Virender Sehwag-Navjot Sidhu: 1 per cent

From the Vault: Vintage Virender in full flow

Number 3

Rahul Dravid - 76 per cent

Sachin Tendulkar - 23 per cent

Mohinder Amarnath - 1 per cent

Vijay Hazare - 0 per cent

Dilip Vengsarkar - 0 per cent

Gundappa Viswanath - 0 per cent

Number 4

Sachin Tendulkar - 77 per cent

Rahul Dravid - 22 per cent

Mohinder Amanath 1 per cent

Vijay Hazare - 0 per cent

Dilip Vengsarkar - 0 per cent

Gundappa Viswanath - 0 per cent

Mix Tape: The Little Master at his ODI best

Number 5

VVS Laxman - 37 per cent

Virat Kohli - 28 per cent

Sourav Ganguly - 18 per cent

Mohammad Azharuddin - 17 per cent

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi - 0 per cent

Polly Umrigar - 0 per cent

Number 6

VVS Laxman - 44 per cent

Sourav Ganguly - 25 per cent

Virat Kohli - 16 per cent

Mohammad Azharuddin - 14 per cent

Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi - 1 per cent

Polly Umrigar - 0 per cent

Wicketkeeper-batsman

MS Dhoni - 93 per cent

Syed Kirmani - 6 per cent

Kiran More - 1 per cent

Dhoni's nine dismissals

First fast bowler

Kapil Dev - 58 per cent

Zaheer Khan - 31 per cent

Javagal Srinath - 10 per cent

Mohammad Nissar - 1 per cent

Mix Tape: Kapil Dev at his very, very best

Second fast bowler

Zaheer Khan - 48 per cent

Kapil Dev - 29 per cent

Javagal Srinath - 21 per cent

Mohammad Nissar - 2 per cent

First spin bowler

Anil Kumble - 75 per cent

Harbhajan Singh - 11 per cent

Bishan Bedi - 10 per cent

Bhagwath Chandrasekhar - 3 per cent

Erapalli Prasanna - 1 per cent

Vinoo Mankad - 0 per cent

From the Vault: Kumble makes the SCG his own

Second spin bowler