Since the retirement of Muttiah Muralitharan, barring Ravichandran Ashwin, no other off-spinner has been as prolific and as consistent as him. Muralitharan is the highest wicket-taker ever in the history of both Test and one-day cricket with 800 and 534 wickets respectively.
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Muttiah Muralitharan played his last Test on 18th July 2010. He needed eight wickets to pass a monumental landmark of 800 wickets. His final and 800th victim turned out to be Pragyan Ojha who was caught by Mahela Jayawardene.
It was the perfect ending for a bowler who had served his country relentlessly for almost a decade. Muralitharan made his Test debut on August 28, 1992, against Australia at Colombo and was quite successful, taking three wickets in two innings.
With Shane Warne, Anil Kumble and Muttiah Muralitharan announcing their retirements in a span of four years, this was the end of an era of three of the greatest spinners of the generation.
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