Top 10 spinners of all time in Test cricket

#2 Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan, with a mind-boggling 800 Test wickets from a mere 133 matches, was quite simply, in the nicest way possible, a freak. While Saqlain Mushtaq invented the doosra, the ball that turns the other way in contrast to the conventional off-break, it would be fair to say that Murali perfected it and went on to confound numerous batsmen with the delivery.

While it is true that his unique ability of being able to create extra spin with his right shoulder and wrist gave him a huge advantage over other bowers, he still had to be good enough to be able to bowl at the international level.