4 Cricketers who got a fairytale farewell

#3 Muttiah Muralitharan vs India, Galle, 2010

Muralitharan being carried on the shoulders by the Sri Lankan team

Muralitharan, Sri Lanka's champion spinner went into his farewell Test requiring eight more scalps to scale Mount 800, a feat difficult for even of the caliber of the great man himself.

It looked even more difficult when an entire second day's play was rained out with Sri Lanka in the midst of a hefty first innings total of dec 8-520. But on a ground where Murali had scalped 13 wickets in 14 matches, the magician weaved his magic one last time as a first innings five-wicket-haul helped to skittle India out for a poultry 276.

Having asked for follow-on Murali started slowly in the second innings before quick dismissals of Yuvraj Singh and Harbhajan Singh brought the tally to 799. The crowd got into the act, rallying behind their champion for one final heist. They had to wait for 23 overs though as a typically tenacious VVS Laxman stuck around with the tail to give India a slender lead.

The opportunity arrived when Laxman was run-out it all came down to the final opportunity. After nearly two run-out chances of his own bowling, Ojha finally edged the ball to slip to secure a heist that would never be matched.