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Muttiah Muralitharan

1972 - Today

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Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (born 17 April 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, businessman and former professional cricketer. Averaging over six wickets per Test match, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest players 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muttiah Muralitharan has received more than 4,428,323 page views. His biography is available in 27 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Muttiah Muralitharan is the 13th most popular cricketer (up from 19th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Sri Lanka and the most popular Sri Lankan Cricketer.

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Among CRICKETERS

Among cricketers, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 13 out of 136. Before him are MS Dhoni, Bishan Singh Bedi, Willie Watson, Viv Richards, Shane Warne, and Ravindra Jadeja. After him are Garfield Sobers, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Montagu Toller, Jack Hobbs, and Alfred Bowerman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 598. Before him are Isabelle Boulay, Tammy Lynn Sytch, Ovidiu Stîngă, Liz Vassey, Peter O'Leary, and Frédéric Déhu. After him are Christian Kane, Đovani Roso, Barbara Fusar-Poli, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Brian McBride, and Sandro Cois.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 38 out of 51. Before him are Duncan White (1918), Joyce Cooper (1909), John Kotelawala (1897), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), Bob Tisdall (1907), and Lakshman Kadirgamar (1932). After him are Beverley Craven (1963), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975), Shehan Karunatilaka (1975), Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), and David Wilkie (1954).

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Among CRICKETERS In Sri Lanka

Among cricketers born in Sri Lanka, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 1. After him are Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Lasith Malinga (1983), Mahela Jayawardene (1977), Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976), and Chaminda Vaas (1974).

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