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Muttiah Muralidaran
- Team: Chennai Super Kings
- Country: Sri Lanka
- Batting style: Right-hand bat
- Bowling style: Right-arm offbreak
Player Statistics
- Batting SR 123.07
- Bowling AVG 20.00
- Full name: Muttiah Muralidaran
- Born: April 17, 1972, Kandy(Sri Lanka)
- Current age:
- Twenty20 Debut: Yorkshire v Lancashire at Leeds, Jun 22, 2005
- Major teams: Sri Lanka, Asia XI, Chennai Super Kings, ICC World XI, Kandurata, Kent, Lancashire, Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club
- Man of the Match:
The undisputed king of spin, Muttiah Muralitharan is a living legend. He is the leading wicket taker in tests with more than 700 wickets to his name. He has 464 ODI wickets and is just second to Wasim Akram in the list of highest ODI wicket takers. Muralitharan is a superb fielder as well. In his 8 T20 outings he has taken 17 wickets with a best figure of 4 four 17. Muralitharan bats right-hand.
Batting and fielding averages
Bowling averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 120 | 151 | 51 | 1156 | 67 | 11.56 | 1663 | 69.51 | 0 | 1 | 133 | 25 | 68 | 0 |
| ODIs | 305 | 139 | 51 | 516 | 27 | 5.86 | 737 | 70.01 | 0 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 120 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 219 | 263 | 78 | 2087 | 67 | 11.28 | 0 | 1 | 119 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 8.00 | 13 | 123.07 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| List A | 391 | 175 | 63 | 722 | 27 | 6.44 | 0 | 0 | 142 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 120 | 208 | 40035 | 16137 | 735 | 9/51 | 16/220 | 21.95 | 2.41 | 54.4 | 42 | 63 | 20 |
| ODIs | 305 | 297 | 16534 | 10674 | 464 | 7/30 | 7/30 | 23.00 | 3.87 | 35.6 | 13 | 8 | 0 |
| T20Is | 1 | 1 | 24 | 27 | 2 | 2/27 | 2/27 | 13.50 | 6.75 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 219 | 62929 | 24954 | 1309 | 9/51 | 19.06 | 2.37 | 48.0 | 115 | 32 | |||
| Twenty20 | 23 | 23 | 522 | 560 | 28 | 4/18 | 4/18 | 20.00 | 6.43 | 18.6 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| List A | 391 | 20700 | 13115 | 587 | 7/30 | 7/30 | 22.34 | 3.80 | 35.2 | 15 | 10 | 0 |













