Spin King Muttiah Muralitharan turned 48 today. While celebrating his birthday Cricketing World is talking about all his bowling World records.
The one thing that is not usually associated with Muttiah Muralitharan’s magic is his bat.
But many dont know about the 2 World Records he has under his name for his magic with the Bat.
- Murali holds the World Record for hitting the very first ball he has faced in a Test innings for a six, 3 times in his career. There are more than 25 batsman who has hit a six in the first ball they faced but Murali is the only man to do it thrice.
- Muralidaran, Johannesburg 2002 hitting Shaun Pollock
- Muralidaran, Delhi 2005 hitting Irfan Pathan
- Muralidaran, Galle 2009 hitting Chris Martin
- This might come as a surprise to many, but it is Muralitharan who has the most runs batting at 11. The record holder for most international wickets, Muralitharan batted at 11 for 98 innings, scoring a total of 623 runs at an average of 11.33