The much-awaited trailer of the Tamil film ‘800’, a biopic on Sri Lankan bowling legend Muttiah Muralitharan was unveiled in India on Tuesday (Sep 05).
Cricketing legends Sachin Tendulkar and Sanath Jayasuriya participated in the trailer launch, alongside former cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan.
During the launch, Tendulkar, Jayasuriya, and Muralitharan were seen praising each other and sharing light-hearted moments during their tenures as cricketers.
‘God of Cricket’ Sachin Tendulkar revealed that India would hold meetings on how to tackle Muralitharan and what are the signals to pick, adding that, however, Muralitharan kept reinventing himself and was difficult to read.
Chippin in, Muralitharan said Sachin Tendulkar was among the few cricketers who had managed to read him well, adding that other players included India’s Rahul Dravid and West Indies’ Brian Lara.
Sri Lanka great Sanath Jayasuriya also shared some memories of sharing the dressing room with Muralitharan, claiming that one needed earplugs when Murali was in the dressing room screaming away at every ball and wicket.
The film ‘800’ features Slumdog Millionaire fame actor Madhurr Mittal as Muralitharan. Directed by MS Sripathy, 800 — a reference to the record number of wickets Muralitharan took in test cricket — is scheduled to be released in cinemas in Tamil, Telugu and Hindi. (NewsWire)
"Murali is a dangerous bowler, Sanath used to come for batting in boxing mood" Sachin Tendulkar at Murali 800 Biopic trailer launch pic.twitter.com/KT2YzCw17l
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