Wisden Asia Cricket Muralitharan.
Muralitharan Muttiah. I am gold shop owner
Govinda Rami Reddy's son.
Muralitharan's grandmother had died one month earlier
at the age of 97.
Muralitharan's manager, Kushil Gunasekera stated that"Murali's family is closely knit and united.
Muralitharan's grandmother had passed away one month earlier
at the age of 97.
Sri Lankan Muttiah Muralitharan sits next on the list with 214 weeks.
The Muralitharan Song video was also released
after he broke the world record.
Muttiah Muralitharan(SL) announced that he would retire from Test
cricket following this match.
The Australians, especially Adam Gilchrist, attacked Muralitharan's bowling more than usual that day.
Muralitharan was sent for further tests in Perth
and England and was cleared again.
During his first Test,
there was one dismissal which convinced many of Muralitharan's special powers.
Muralitharan's best ODI bowling performances-
A list of four or more wickets in a match.
In July 2004 Muralitharan was filmed in England, bowling with an arm brace on.
Muralitharan captured 11 wickets in 15 games,
at an economy rate of 6.96 an over.
Muralitharan was on the winning side on 54 of the 133
test matches he played.
Muralitharan was subsequently instructed by Sri Lanka
Cricket not to bowl the doosra in international cricket.
Muralitharan was selected as the Wisden Leading Cricketer
in the World in 2000 and in 2006.
Collectively Sri Lankan
bowlers tallied 1968 wickets across that span, of which Muralitharan accounted for 40.4.
In 1996 Muralitharan was part Sri Lanka's World
Cup winning team that defeated Australia in Lahore, Pakistan.
At the 2011 IPL Player Auction Muralitharan was bought by Kochi Tuskers Kerala for US$1.1 million.
Spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan who is the highest wicket taker in test
cricket played for which country?
In January 1998, Muralitharan took his first ten-wicket haul against Zimbabwe in
the first test at Kandy.
In July 2007, Muttiah Muralitharan became the second bowler after Australia's Shane
Warne to capture 700 Test wickets.
Averaging over six wickets per Test, Muralitharan is one of the most successful bowlers in the game.
After an outstanding year Muralitharan was adjudged as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World in 2006.
Warne said he enjoyed his duel with Muralitharan, who was sidelined following shoulder surgery at the time.
Muttiah Muralitharan was left out of the Sri Lankan one-day
squad to tour West Indies in April 2008.
In response to this episode Muralitharan was quoted as saying"When you come to Australia,
you expect such incidents.
Ranatunga was thoroughly convinced that Muralitharan's precocious talent would signal a new
era in Sri Lanka's short Test history.[46].
On 7 July 2010, Muttiah Muralitharan formally announced his retirement from Test cricket
at a media briefing in Colombo.