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Muralitharan's feats
Rajneesh Gupta |
December 12, 2005 08:15 IST
Muttiah Muralitharan turned the Delhi Test on its head by returning the figures of 7 for 100 in India's first innings. His performance is the best by a Sri Lankan bowler against India in India, obliterating Kumara Dharmasena's 5 for 57 in the second innings of the Mumbai Test in 1997-98. This was also the ninth occasion when Murali took 7 or more wickets in an innings. No other bowler has taken more than seven. The following table lists the bowlers with most number of 7-wicket hauls in Test cricket:
| Bowler | For | 7-wkt hauls |
| M Muralitharan | SL | 9 |
| SF Barnes | Eng | 7 |
| GA Lohmann | Eng | 7 |
| A Kumble | Ind | 6 |
| SK Warne | Aus | 6 |
| AV Bedser | Eng | 5 |
| CV Grimmett | Aus | 5 |
| Imran Khan [Images] | Pak | 5 |
| Kapil Dev [Images] | Ind | 5 |
| Harbhajan Singh [Images] | Ind | 5 |
Muralitharan is all set to become the most successful spinner against India. The seven wicket haul in India's first innings has taken his tally of wickets to 60 from 14 Tests and now only one bowler - West Indian Lance Gibbs - is ahead of Murali in the tally of most successful spinners against India
The following table lists the most successful spinners against India:
| Bowler | For | Wkts | Tests | Balls | Mdns | Runs | Best | 5WI | 10WM | Ave | SR |
| LR Gibbs | WI | 63 | 15 | 4793 | 284 | 1467 | 8-38 | 4 | 0 | 23.29 | 76.08 |
| M Muralitharan | SL | 60 | 14 | 4204 | 168 | 1840 | 8-87 | 4 | 1 | 30.66 | 70.06 |
| R Benaud | Aus | 52 | 8 | 2953 | 198 | 956 | 7-72 | 5 | 1 | 18.38 | 56.79 |
| SK Warne | Aus | 43 | 14 | 3925 | 139 | 2029 | 6-125 | 1 | 0 | 47.19 | 91.28 |
| H Verity | Eng | 38 | 6 | 1632 | 105 | 615 | 7-49 | 1 | 1 | 16.18 | 42.95 |
| Iqbal Qasim | Pak | 34 | 15 | 3359 | 176 | 1334 | 6-40 | 2 | 1 | 39.24 | 98.79 |
| PH Edmonds | Eng | 33 | 14 | 3747 | 222 | 1346 | 4-31 | 0 | 0 | 40.79 | 113.55 |
| R Illingworth | Eng | 31 | 8 | 2148 | 144 | 592 | 6-29 | 2 | 0 | 19.10 | 69.29 |
| AL Valentine | WI | 30 | 7 | 3012 | 217 | 942 | 5-64 | 2 | 0 | 31.40 | 100.40 |
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