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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 4,184,092 page views. His biography is available in 24 different languages on Wikipedia. Muttiah Muralitharan is the 19th most popular cricketer (down from 16th in 2019), the 38th most popular biography from Sri Lanka (down from 34th in 2019) and the most popular Sri Lankan Cricketer.

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Among cricketers, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 19 out of 68. Before him are Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, Bishan Singh Bedi, Brian Lara, Mithali Raj, and Shane Warne. After him are Ravindra Jadeja, Diana Edulji, Virender Sehwag, Syed Kirmani, Shahid Afridi, and Chris Gayle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 818. Before him are Zafar Guliev, Mark Davis, Angela Little, Kurt Thomas, John Godina, and Laurent Lamothe. After him are Maria Grozdeva, Katsuhiro Minamoto, Yang Wenyi, Daniel Šarić, Joelle Carter, and Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh.

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In Sri Lanka

Among people born in Sri Lanka, Muttiah Muralitharan ranks 38 out of 44. Before him are Bob Tisdall (1907), Robert Napier, 1st Baron Napier of Magdala (1810), Heather Armitage (1933), Alexander Khloponin (1965), Beverley Craven (1963), and Susanthika Jayasinghe (1975). After him are Sanath Jayasuriya (1969), David Wilkie (1954), Kumar Sangakkara (1977), Mahela Jayawardene (1977), Lasith Malinga (1983), and Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976).

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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), Mahela Jayawardene (1977), Lasith Malinga (1983), and Tillakaratne Dilshan (1976).

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