Warne formed the team from members of the Australian team he has played with in the ODI format. He picked the team during his Instagram live chat with his fans.
Warne also opined that Steve Smith should not be burdened with the captaincy role again and should just be allowed to bat the way he does without any added pressure.
The video sees Shane Warne hitting Sachin Tendulkar's pad and appealing for a leg-before only for the umpire to turn it down. Tendulkar went on to smash an unbeaten 155 in that innings.
He had earlier made all-time XIs among players he has faced in his career for India, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka and South Africa.
Warne chose Mahela Jayawardene as the captain of his Sri Lankan XI which also featured Kumar Sangakkara, who succeeded Jayawardene as captain and both players led Sri Lanka to consecutive World Cup finals.
As for the greatest New Zealand XI, the spin legend picked Stephen Fleming as the skipper. In fact, Warne said that Fleming was the best captain he played against.
Warne only picked players that he has played against and that saw him pick Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose over the legends of the past like Michael Holding among others.
Shane Warne took to Instagram to name this side and picked all the players against whom he had played during his career.
Warne chose Michael Vaughan as the captain of his greatest England XI and Alla Border to lead the Ashes XI.
Warne said while Tendulkar was an all condition batsman, Lara as an aggressive one for chasing big totals.
Warne chose the greatest XI on his Instagram live session from the players he has played within the Australian team.
Australia has reported 565 coronavirus cases with six fatalities.
The auction for Shane Warne's Baggy Green ended early on Friday, with the cap fetching $1m for Australian bushfire relief.
Shane Warne's Baggy Green has now become most valuable cricket memorabilia of all time, surpassing Donald Bradman's cap and MS Dhoni's bat in the 2011 World Cup final.
The bushfires in Australia have so far killed 25 people, millions of animals, while also destroying over 2000 houses.
Australia spin legend Shane Warne has decided to auction his Baggy Green cap to raise money for the victims of Australian bushfires.
Recently, a Sheffield Shield game was abandoned due to a dangerous pitch, which will now won't be used for the Boxing Day Test between Australia and New Zealand, starting December 26.
Warne, who has also been a coach-cum-mentor and then Brand Ambassador of the Royals, led an unheralded bunch of players to an unlikely triumph during the inaugural edition of IPL back in 2008.
Team India is playing its first day/night Test at Eden Gardens in Kolkata against Bangladesh.
Warne pleaded guilty at the Wimbledon Magistrates' Court for driving at over 75 kmph in a zone where the speed limit was 65 kmph.
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