5 Players who were unlucky to have played in the legends era

#1 Rangana Herath

Herath played under the Shadow of Murali for a majority of his career.

Herath's story is of tremendous grit and determination. Herath's career remained overshadowed by the legend Muttiah Muralitharan most of the time.

He remained a mere support bowler to Murali for almost a decade. Armed with tremendous skills, his task was confined to containing the run-flow.

Having made his debut in 1999, Herath became a regular in the team only after Murali retired. He has been around for two decades now and still not played 100 test matches.

Still, Herath has remained at the peak of his form and produced numerous match-winning performances since Murali's retirement.

With 415 wickets in 89 test matches, one can only imagine how the stats would have looked had he been around in the non-Murali era.