The wicket of India's Irfan Pathan [Images] in the opening match of Indian Oil [Get Quote] Cup tri-series helped Sri Lankan off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan register a new world record.

Pathan's wicket was the 368th wicket for Muralitharan in one-day internationals. He also has taken 549 wickets in Tests to register a combined aggregate of 917 wickets in international cricket.

With the wicket of debutant Venugopal Rao he extended his tally to 918, the highest combined aggregate for any bowler in international cricket -- toppling Pakistan's Wasim Akram from the apex position.

The following table lists the leading wicket-takers in all forms of international cricket -- Tests, ODIs and Twenty20:

Total	Bowler	For	Tests	ODIs	Twenty20
918	M Muralitharan	SL	549	369	-
916	Wasim Akram	Pak	414	502	-
880	Shane Warne [Images]	Aus	589	291	-
836	Glenn McGrath	Aus	508	323	5
789	Waqar Younis	Pak	373	416	-
784	Anil Kumble [Images]	Ind	461	323	-
746	Courtney Walsh [Images]	WI	519	227	-

Note: The performances in Tsunami [Images] relief match between a World XI and Asian XI have not been taken into account.