5 most experienced cricketers who never captained their team

#1 Muttiah Muralitharan

1347 wickets and 495 matches, but none as captain!

Statistically the greatest bowler of all time, Muttiah Muralitharan represented Sri Lanka in a whopping 495 matches but never got a chance to don the captain's hat. The fact that 1347 wickets were never enough to lead Murali into captaincy proves that leadership is not something that always accompanies talent.

Also, like in the case of McGrath, it is a clear case of how much a batsman is favoured when it comes to deciding a team's captain, even though it is the bowlers for whom a captain eventually sets fields and executes plans

Murali, who not only helped Sri Lanka lift the World Cup in 1996, but also played a crucial role in the Emarald nation's rise as a cricketing superpower, was made vice captain of the team at several occasions but never really went past being the deputy.