Murali Kartik

Quick Facts

Full Name	Murali Kartik
Occupation	Cricket Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 11, 1976(1976-09-11)
Age	48
Birthplace	Chennai
Country	India
Birth City	Tamil Nadu
Horoscope	Virgo

Murali Kartik Biography

Murali Kartik is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on September 11, 1976 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Slow left-handed orthodox bowler for Railways, who was a pioneer in the field of orthodox bowling and won the Challenger Trophy in 2005 for the Indian Seniors.

Kapil dev, a legendary cricketer and coach, highly praised his game.

Born on 11 September 1976 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, Murali Kartik wanted to be a genetic engineer. He was a medium pacer in his early years, before switching to a left arm finger spinner in the classical mould, Kartik grew up trying to emulate past Indian orthodox spinners Bishen Singh Bedi, Maninder Singh and Venkatapathy Raju. He also garnered attention for what was perceived to be a fiery attitude, but took pride in coach Kapil Dev saying of him “I have never seen a player with such an attitude towards the game in my 20 years of international cricket”.

Murali Kartik ( pronunciation (help ·info ) , born 11 September 1976) is an Indian former cricketer who sporadically represented the national team from 2000 to 2007. He was a specialist slow left arm orthodox bowler known for his loopy trajectory and ability to spin and bounce, but has found international selection blocked during his prime years by the presence of Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. He is also a left-handed batsman, and although he has had some success with the bat at first-class level with 19 half-centuries, he has not been able to repeat this at international level.

He married Shweta Kartik in 2003.

Murali Kartik Net Worth

Murali Kartik is one of the richest Cricket Player from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Murali Kartik 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

For disciplinary reasons, he was expelled by the National Cricket Academy and was eventually allowed to return to the Delhi junior cricket system.

He was a part of PETA’s Save Your Chicks campaign to spread awareness about the dangers of flesh-feeding poultry.

Kartik took only one wicket in the next two matches, which Australia won. In the seventh and final match, Kartik took a career best of 6/27 from 10 overs at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai to bowl Australia out for 193. The tourists had reached 2/117 after 19.4 overs, scoring at over six runs and over before Kartik removed Brad Hodge and Andrew Symonds from consecutive balls. He failed to get his hat-trick, but in the 32nd over he removed Brad Haddin from the first ball, and then Brad Hogg and Brett Lee from the fourth and fifth balls. Again Kartik missed the hat-trick opportunity, but returned to claim his six wicket. In reply, India had fallen to 8/143 before Kartik chipped in with an unbeaten 21 from 34 balls in an unbroken 52-run stand with Zaheer Khan, guiding India to a two-wicket victory. Kartik was recognised by being selected as the man of the match. Kartik then made his T20 international debut, taking 0/27 from four overs in an Indian win over Australia.

Height, Weight & Body Measurements

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Who is Murali Kartik Dating?

According to our records, Murali Kartik married to Shweta Kartik. As of December 1, 2023, Murali Kartik’s is not dating anyone.

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After starting out in the Delhi junior system, Kartik moved through the age group ranks at Railways, was selected for the Indian Under-19 team. He made his first-class debut in 1996–97 and after a few productive seasons at domestic level, made his Test debut in early-2000 as Kumble’s bowling partner. However, he ran into disciplinary problems and was expelled from the National Cricket Academy in the same year, while new national captain Sourav Ganguly was reluctant to entrust him with responsibility. Ganguly called for off spinner Harbhajan to be recalled in 2001, and was rewarded with a series- winning performance against Australia. This entrenched the off spinner in the team and left Kartik on the outer.

Facts & Trivia

Murali Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. Murali Kartik celebrates birthday on September 11 of every year.

Despite the modest returns during the season, Kartik was selected for an India A tour of Pakistan in February and March 1998. In four first-class matches, which were persistently curtailed by the weather, Kartik bowled only 31 overs, and only two in the two matches against Pakistan A. He finished with four wickets at 27.50. In the two one-dayers, he proved expensive, taking 1/53 and 0/73 from ten overs each, as Pakistan won both matches easily.

Top Facts about Murali Kartik

1. Murali Kartik is a former Indian cricketer who played as a left-arm spinner.
2. He represented India in 8 Test matches and 37 One Day Internationals (ODIs).
3. Kartik took 24 wickets in Tests and 37 wickets in ODIs for India.
4. He made his international debut against South Africa in March 2000.
5. Kartik’s best bowling figures in Tests were 6/181 against Australia.
6. In ODIs, his best performance was taking 6/27 against Australia.
7. He played domestic cricket for teams like Railways, Tamil Nadu, and Surrey.
8. Kartik had an impressive first-class career with over 600 wickets.
9. He also played in the Indian Premier League (IPL) for various franchises.
10. After retiring from cricket, he became a commentator and analyst.
11. Note:

What does Murali Kartik wear on his neck?

Renowned for wearing a beaded necklace for much of his career, Kartik revealed that it was less an accessory and more a talisman. On their first anniversary, Kartik and his wife were each given a beaded necklace in a temple. The couple were told that it would help keep them calm.

Why did Murali Kartik retire?

Kartik revealed that getting dropped was hard for him to deal with and he struggled with it for years until former teammates V.V.S. Laxman convinced him to retire.

What is the age of Murali Kartik?

45 years (September 11, 1976)

What happened to Murali Kartik in 2012?

Murali Kartik was a regular in English county for many years. He played for Lancashire, Middlesex, Somerset and Surrey. Former India left-arm spinner Murali Kartik revealed that his wife once had to run away from the ground after he had ‘mankaded’ Alex Barrow in a County match in England in 2012.

Who is Nikita vanjara?

Nikita is the wife of Indian cricketer Murali Vijay and the ex-wife of Indian cricketer Dinesh Karthik.