The 25-year-old added that he was not surprised three Chelsea players had made the World XI.
Pakistan all-rounder Shahid Afridi was brought on as the World XI's super sub for Muralitharan but he was out for two.
In practice it was a bit of a disappointment, with a hastily-convened World XI failing to win a single match against Australia.
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Sangakkara and Sehwag opened for the World XI and they were soon a wicket down when Sehwag mistimed a pull shot off McGrath.
Chelsea trio John Terry, Frank Lampard and Claude Makelele won places in the World XI line-up, which was voted for by their fellow professionals.
Earlier this month, Eto'o was the only African named in the World XI by members of FifPro, the worldwide representative organisation for professional players.
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Because of his refusal to recognise the status of the so-called Super Series Test match in Sydney in 2004 between Australia and a Rest of the World XI.
The game will kick off a few hours before the start of the "90 Minutes for Mandela" match between an Africa XI and a Rest of the World XI at Cape Town's Newlands Stadium.
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After 68 minutes, the entire Rest of the World XI was substituted for a team consisting of former Manchester United stars, with the notable exception of a cameo by Beckham, returning from a hamstring injury.
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It was a good night for Spain, which not only swept the major awards but whose La Liga provided every single member of the FIFA FIFPro World XI following a poll of 50, 00 professional players from all over the world.
"I think we played against a Brazil team who have the best XI in the world, " he told ITV Sport.
If justified by continued humanitarian deeds an award to Xi could be transformational both for China and the world.
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One article by Zhang Xi'en, politics professor at Shandong University, said the world's biggest political and ruling party should set up an "exit mechanism" to trim its 83 million members to 51 million, hereby removing at least 31 million "unqualified and corrupt" members.
Football's world governing body wants to stop clubs fielding more than five non-nationals in a starting XI, a move the EU says would be illegal.
Despite talk of a new era post-World Cup his team to face Bulgaria on Friday is likely to show just three changes from the XI beaten 4-1 by Germany.
"I think this reflects Xi's mind-set, his view of China's strength and relations with the outside world, " said Li Mingjiang, an assistant professor and China security-policy expert at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore.
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