Fast bowler Amita Sharma and wrist spinner Priyanka Roy were the other two Indians who found place in the World XI team. Skipper of the Cup-winning English side and ICC Women's Player of the Year in 2008, Charlotte Edwards was named captain of the 12-woman world team.

Not surprisingly, players from the winning side made up most of the team but in total four of the eight competing teams in the March 7 to 22 event are represented.

Five of the team are from champion England while losing finalist New Zealand has provided three, including the 12th woman. Third-placed India has three and fourth-placed Australia has one representation.

The world team was selected by a specially assembled panel of experts, headed by former Australia captain Belinda Clark, which had also picked the player of the tournament.

The side includes five specialist batters -- Suzie Bates, Shelley Nitschke, Claire Taylor, Mithali Raj and Charlotte Edwards -- an all-rounder in Kate Pulford while Sarah Taylor has been picked as wicketkeeper/batter.

The four bowlers include wrist spinner Priyanka Roy and off-spinner Laura Marsh and fast bowlers Katherine Brunt and Amita Sharma.

The players who made the team will be presented with commemorative caps to mark their selection.

Announcing the side, Belinda Clark, who is the most successful batter in women's ODIs with 4,844 runs, said, "It has been a very difficult decision to select the team as there were some very strong performances throughout the event. We had a range of people around the table and quite heated debate because the performances have been outstanding in a lot of cases but also quite even and this is what made it difficult.

"But I think we have tried to approach to pick a very balanced team and pick a team which not only has great skills but the ability to influence a game and that's why we can't go purely on statistics," she said.