10 players with the highest number of wickets in Test cricket

#1. Muttiah Muralitharan

With his big eyes, unconventional bowling action and relentless passion, Muttiah Muralitharan tormented batsmen across the world for two decades.

He was an off-spinner with complete control over his art and had a well-disguised 'doosra', a delivery that turns away after pitching, that kept the batsmen guessing.

Muralitharan has 800 Test wickets along with 534 wickets in ODI and is the most successful bowler in cricket by a mile. The Sri Lankan spinner also holds the record of claiming 67 five-wicket hauls and 22 ten-wicket hauls.

Throughout his career, he was questioned for his bowling action and many refused to consider him as a spin bowler, but nothing stopped Murali from scaling great heights and troubling the batsmen while he was at it.