A quick Stats And Info on Murali :
Test Career : Total matches played - 133, Average - 22.72.Born on April 17,1972,Kandy, made his test debut against Australia at Colombo on Aug 28 1992 claimed 3 for 141 over all, with Craig McDermott was his first Test wicket. With 800 test wickets, the world record holder for the maximum test wickets was also the man behind the doosra, even the best batsmen in the world feel difficult to read the doosra. His 800th test wicket was quite an interesting one and that came after a long wait in the test match he played against India at Galle on July18-22 2010. Sri Lanka just needed one wicket to make India all out and murali was just one short of getting his 800th test wicket and luckily he got the wicket of Pragyan Ojha and sadly this was his last test match too. He announced his retirement from the test wicket, his 800 test wickets would suggest what a kind of bowler he is.Murali finished his test career with 800 wickets and a best of 9/51 against Zimbabwe.
Looking on his ODI stats :
Total matches played : 350, Average : 23.08.Made his odi debut vs India at Colombo on August 12 1993, and has taken a total of 534 wickets with the best of 7/30 against v India at Sharjah.A genuine match winner. His last ODI was played against India on Apr 2, 2011. Pravin Amre was his first ODI wicket. Muralitharan and has represented Sri Lanka in three World Cup finals and he was instrumental in Winning the 1996 world cup Against Australia.
T-20 Stats
Total Matches Played : 12, Average : 22.84.Made his T-20 debut against New Zealand on Dec 22, 2006, Has taken a total of 13 wickets, with the best of 3/29 vs West Indies at the Oval.Not to forget he is handy when it comes to bat as well. He can hit some surprise Sixes and fours!
His Records :
World Record – Most Career Wickets in Test cricket (800 wickets (22.72) in 133 Tests)
World Record - Most Career Wickets in One Day International cricket ( 534 wickets (23.08) in 350 ODI’s).With these kind of records, he is such an motivation and a bowling sensation to all the young bowlers and would help a lot for Royal Challengers Bangalore this season!
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