CURRENT AFFAIRS

Detailed explanation-1: -Averaging over six wickets per Test match, Muralitharan is widely regarded as the most successful and one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the sport. He is the only bowler to take 800 Test wickets and more than 530 One Day International (ODI) wickets.

Detailed explanation-2: -The leading wicket-taker of all time in men’s international tests is Sri Lanka’s Muttiah Muralitharan. The right-arm spin bowler took 800 wickets in a test career spanning from 1992 to 2010.

Detailed explanation-3: -Muralitharan holds the world record for the most wickets in both Tests and ODIs. Averaging over six wickets per Test, Muralitharan is one of the most successful bowlers in the history of the game and held the number one spot in the ICC Test bowling rankings for a record period of 1, 711 days spanning 214 Test matches.

Detailed explanation-4: -Former leg-spinner Anil Kumble holds the record for bagging the most wickets for India in Tests. The Karnataka-born cricketer picked 619 wickets in 132 Test matches that included 35 five-wicket hauls and eight 10-wicket hauls. Kumble is the fourth-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket history.

Detailed explanation-5: -Murali embraced all the advice of his seniors and had a highly successful career. Eventually he retired from Test cricket after claiming his 800th Test victim (Hyderabad’s Pragyan Ojha) on 22 July 2010 off the final ball of his last Test match. It was a dramatic end to a great Test career.