All-time Asia ODI XI post year 2000

Australia v India - Tri-Series Game 7
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#11 Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)

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Sri Lanka v India - Commonwealth Bank Series
Muttiah Muralitharan

Muttiah Muralitharan viewed purely through numbers, is a giant performer and is in the unique position of holding the records for most wickets in One Day Internationals as well as Test matches. Murali, without any doubt, the best cricketer and a match winner, Sri Lanka has ever produced.

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Murali's biggest weapon was that irrespective of the pitch and the conditions he could turn the ball massively in either direction, thus spinning a web of confusion around the batsmen. It is because of the gigantic success Murali had that the 'Doosra' has become very popular now.

It will be not wrong to say that Murali weaved his magic with a cricket ball in his hands. He has flummoxed generations of batsmen with his prodigious spin, subtle variations and often been a one-man army for the Sri Lankan bowling.

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In 341 innings for Sri Lanka, Murali has taken 534 wickets with a bowling average of 23.08.

He without any doubt deserves his place in this team of Asian Greats.

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