Muttiah Muralitharan
- January 4, 2024
- Cricket Player
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Occupation | Cricket Player |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 17, 1972(1972-04-17) |
| Age | 52 |
| Birthplace | Kandy |
| Country | Sri Lanka |
| Birth City | Central Province |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Muttiah Muralitharan Biography
| Name | Muttiah Muralitharan |
| Birthday | Apr 17 |
| Birth Year | 1972 |
| Place Of Birth | Kandy |
| Home Town | Central Province |
| Birth Country | Sri Lanka |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Parents | Sinnasamy Muttiah, Lakshmi Muttiah |
| Siblings | Muttiah Prabhakaran, Muttiah Sasidharan, Muttiah Sridharan |
| Spouse | Madhimalar Ramamurthy |
| Children(s) | Naren |
Muttiah Muralitharan is one of the most popular and richest Cricket Player who was born on April 17, 1972 in Kandy, Central Province, Sri Lanka. Sri Lankan cricketer who was a player internationally between 1992 and 2011. Widely considered to be one of the greatest bowlers ever. In 2002, the Wisden Cricketers’ Almanack ranked him as the greatest Test bowler.
He and He and Glenn McGrath were both crowned as the Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World during their careers. were each crowned the Wisden’s Leading Cricketer in the World at the end of their respective careers.
Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (Tamil: முத்தையா முரளிதரன் , Sinhala: මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන් ; also spelt Muralidaran; born 17 April 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test, Muralitharan is one of the most successful bowlers ever.
When he was nine years old, Muralitharan was sent to St. Anthony’s College, Kandy, a private school run by Benedictine monks. He began his cricketing career as a medium pace bowler but on the advice of his school coach, Sunil Fernando, he took up off-spin when he was fourteen years old. He soon impressed and went on to play for four years in the school First XI. In those days he played as an all-rounder and batted in the middle order. In his final two seasons at St Anthony’s College he took over one hundred wickets and in 1990/1 was named as the ‘Bata Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year’.
He is the father of Naren, a child with Madhimalar RAMamurthy.
Muttiah Muralitharan Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Cricket Player |
| House | Living in own house. |
Muttiah Muralitharan is one of the richest Cricket Player from Sri Lanka. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Muttiah Muralitharan 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
He was named the Bata Schoolboy Cricketer Of The Year by St Anthony’s College.
In 2000 and 2006, he was the Wisden leading cricketer in the world. He took 800 Test wickets in his career, and he was number 800 for the last delivery of that game.
Muralitharan was born 17 April 1972 to a Hill Country Tamil Hindu family in Kandy, Sri Lanka. The eldest of the four sons to Sinnasamy Muttiah and Lakshmi. Muralitharan’s father Sinnasamy Muttiah, runs a successful biscuit- making business. Muralitharan’s paternal grandfather Periyasamy Sinasamy came from South India to work in the tea plantations of central Sri Lanka in 1920. Sinasamy later returned to the country of his birth with his daughters and settled in Tiruchirapalli, Tamil Nadu, India. However, his sons, including Muralitharan’s father Muttiah, remained in Sri Lanka.
Height, Weight & Body Measurements
| Height | 5 ft 7 in |
Muttiah Muralitharan height 5 ft 7 in Muttiah weight Not Known & body measurements will update soon.
Who is Muttiah Muralitharan Dating?
According to our records, Muttiah Muralitharan married to Madhimalar Ramamurthy. As of December 1, 2023, Muttiah Muralitharan’s is not dating anyone.
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On 12 August 1993 Muralitharan made his One Day International (ODI) debut against India at the Khettarama Stadium and took 1 for 38 off ten overs. Praveen Amre was his first ODI wicket.
Facts & Trivia
Muttiah Ranked on the list of most popular Cricket Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sri Lanka. Muttiah Muralitharan celebrates birthday on April 17 of every year.
In August 1993 at Moratuwa, Muralitharan captured 5 for 104 in South Africa’s first innings, his first five-wicket haul in Tests. His wickets included Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje and Jonty Rhodes.
Is Muttiah Muralitharan bowling legal?
The ICC tweaked its laws of the game in 2005, allowing the extent of the arm’s straightening to be 15 degrees, rendering Muralitharan’s action legitimate , after an investigation revealed that the vast majority of bowlers active in cricket at the time were also bowling with an illegal amount of flex.
Who was Muralitharan 800th wicket?
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.
Who is better Muttiah Muralitharan or Shane Warne?
Murali had an 18% higher impact than Warne in Test cricket – a substantial difference. Also, in all individual parameters like Top/Middle Order Wickets’ Tally Impact, Economy, Partnership-Breaking and Pressure- Building, Murali was superior.
Is Muttiah Muralitharan chucking?
It was stated that the illusion of chucking was created by the freakish rotation of his wrist above an elbow that could not straighten. The tests proved that his elbow could not straighten due to a congenital problem, and it created the illusion of Murali throwing the ball.
Why Murali is a chucker?
Bedi, an untiring critic of Muralitharan by repeatedly calling him a “chucker”, found support from two other Indian spinners Erapalli Prasanna and Maninder Singh who said the Sri Lankan was given the licence by the ICC to bend his arm.