Deshabandu Muttiah Muralitharan (Sinhala: මුත්තයියා මුරලිදරන්, Tamil: முத்தையா முரளிதரன், also spelt Muralidaran; born 17 April 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach, former professional cricketer, businessman and a member of the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame. Averaging over six wickets per Test match, Muralitharan is widely regarded as the most successful and one of the greatest bowlers in the history of the sport. He is the only bowler to take 800 Test wickets and more than 530 One Day International (ODI) wickets. As of 2022, he has taken more wickets in international cricket than any other bowler. (Source: Wikipedia.org, CC BY-SA)