4 legends who retired on a high against India

#3 Muttiah Muralitharan, 5/63 & 3/109, Galle, 2010

Murali touched the magical number of 800 in his last Test

Muralitharan entered his last Test match with 792 wickets, needing eight more to become the first bowler to 800 Test Wickets. Once the batsmen had pounded the Indian attack into submission, the stage looked all set for Murali, and the wizard sprinted up the steps of the stage, scalping five wickets in the first innings.

Asked to follow on, the Indian batsman applied themselves much better against the smiling assassin. When VVS Laxman was run out, Murali's career tally stood at 799 with only one Indian wicket standing. As Ishant Sharma and Pragyan Ojha dug in and played out over after over, it looked like Murali would have to settle for an imperfect record just like Don Bradman's 99.94.

However, the magic ball did arrive, midway into Murali's 44th over, after 91 balls of stubborn resistance by India's last pair. A tossed up ball outside off drew a forward defensive lunge from Ojha, kissed the edge of his blade, and settled into the safe hands of Mahela Jayawardene at first slip. Sri Lanka had their last man, and Murali had his 800th!