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#1 Muttiah Muralitharan produces his best
The world's greatest off-spinner, Muttiah Muralitharan exhibited his bowling class and demolished India in the Champions Trophy at Sharjah in 2000.
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Sri Lanka posted 294 runs on the board but a fluent counter-attack by Tendulkar and Robin Singh provided India a firm foundation. Muralitharan rescued Sri Lankan by getting rid of Robin Singh in the 18th over and then sent back the dangerous Tendulkar.
The off-spinner then unplugged India's middle order and ended the match with seven wickets.On a pitch that turned and assisted the spinners, Murali delivered his best performance and routed India for 226 runs.
There was no stopping Murali in the middle overs as he picked wickets at regular intervals and dented India's chase. His control over his variations was impeccable and he troubled the batsmen by offering negligible width.
In this ODI, the master was at his best and the spectators at the stadium witnessed one of the finest spells of spin bowling ever.
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