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Muttiah Muralitharan
India · Left-arm orthodox · All-rounder
Muttiah Muralitharan — 238 career matches, 612 runs and 510 wickets across all formats.
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Bat Avg
8.1
Bowl Avg
23.7
2026 Season Context
Current team & role
Chennai Super Kings · All-Rounder
Career stats overview
38 Test · 124 ODI · 76 T20I appearances — spanning 2009 to present.
Test
38 matches
275
Runs scored
243
Wickets taken
Where his legacy was forged — the format that rewards patience and precision.
ODI
124 matches
317
Runs scored
190
Wickets taken
The middle-overs architect — a decade of white-ball consistency.
T20I
76 matches
20
Runs scored
77
Wickets taken
Brief but impactful — quality over volume in the shortest format.
Format-aware deep dive
Where he dominates
Home record
215
wickets
Average 21.4 on Indian soil — better than any active spinner of the era.
Fourth-innings force
112
wickets
A third of his Test wickets come on day five, when bowlers decide outcomes.
Lower-order resilience
38.4
batting avg
At No.7 his average beats every Indian specialist in that slot since 2015.
Elite opposition
198
wkts in 48 M
Combined record vs Australia, England, New Zealand and South Africa.
Consistency
14
five-wicket hauls
Third-most by any Indian bowler since his Test debut.
WTC presence
2
finals played
In the conversation every cycle. Central to this India red-ball side.
Career threads
Beyond the numbers
Elite across all three formats
788 wickets across all formats. Equally lethal on spinning Indian decks and unforgiving overseas tracks.
Test cricket is where the numbers peak
A batting average in all-rounder territory, a bowling average in the mid-twenties, a No.1 ranking held across multiple cycles.
A franchise career of its own
250 IPL appearances, 173 wickets — four titles with Chennai, and the 2026 move brings it full circle.
Sir Jadeja
The meme that became a compliment. A cultural marker only a handful of modern players carry.
Head-to-head
Vs opponents
Career totals broken down by the teams M Muralitharan has faced most often, heat-scaled by output.
India
- Matches
- 22
- Runs
- 156
- Wickets
- 70
Australia
- Matches
- 16
- Runs
- 85
- Wickets
- 50
Pakistan
- Matches
- 12
- Runs
- 80
- Wickets
- 32
England
- Matches
- 10
- Runs
- 83
- Wickets
- 58
Bangladesh
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 62
- Wickets
- 71
New Zealand
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 70
- Wickets
- 63
South Africa
- Matches
- 7
- Runs
- 12
- Wickets
- 35
West Indies
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 20
- Wickets
- 28
Grounds played at
Home & away grounds
The venues where M Muralitharan has turned out most often.
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
- Matches
- 9
- Runs
- 16
- Wickets
- 11
Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium
- Matches
- 8
- Runs
- 53
- Wickets
- 23
Galle International Stadium
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 13
- Wickets
- 35
Kingsmead, Durban
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 9
- Wickets
- 6
National Stadium
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 21
- Wickets
- 14
R.Premadasa Stadium
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 10
- Wickets
- 15
Sydney Cricket Ground
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 43
- Wickets
- 11
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
- Matches
- 4
- Runs
- 40
- Wickets
- 54
Official profile
Elsewhere on the web
ESPNcricinfo
M Muralitharan's profile
Historical aggregates derived from Cricsheet (cricsheet.org) under ODC-BY licence. 2001/02–2026 IPL seasons. Batting average uses dismissals as the denominator; bowler wickets are credited only for bowler-kind dismissals (bowled, caught, lbw, caught-and-bowled, stumped, hit wicket). Venue and opposition splits are rebuilt after every ingest from the Cricsheet archive.