Muttiah Muralitharan

At 52 years old, Muttiah Muralitharan has this physical status:

Deshabandu Murah Murathan (born 17 April 1972) is a Sri Lankan cricket coach and former cricketer who was rated the best Test match bowler ever by Wisden Cricketers' Almanack in 2002.

In his last Test match, he retired from Test cricket in 2010, taking his 800th and final wicket on July 22nd.

Muralitharan has the world record for the most wickets in both test and one-day cricket.

He was the first Sri Lankan to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame in 2017.

When Murali overtook Shane Warne as the new Test-taker in Test cricket, he claimed Ada Derana Sri Lankan of the Year in 2017.

Muralitharan had previously held the record when he surpassed Courtney Walsh's 519 wickets in 2004, but he suffered a shoulder injury later this year and was overtaken by Warne.

Early years and personal life

Muralitharan was born in Kandy, Sri Lanka, in 1975, the eldest of the four sons to Sinnasamy Muttiah and Lakshmi. Sinnasamy Muttiah, Muralitharan's uncle, is a successful biscuit-making company. Periyasamy Sinasamy, Muralitharan's paternal grandfather, came from South India to work in central Sri Lanka's tea plantations in 1920. Sinasamy and his children returned to the country of his birth and settled in Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India. However, Muralitharan's father Muttiah stayed in Sri Lanka, and his sons, including Muralitharan's father Muttiah, remained in Sri Lanka.

Muralitharan was admitted to St. Anthony's College, Kandy, a private school run by Benedictine monks, when he was nine years old. He began his cricket career as a medium speed bowler, but Sunil Fernando, his school coach, encouraged him to change off-spin when he was 14 years old. He was quickly impressed and went on to play for four years in the First XI. In those days, he served as an all-rounder and batted in the middle order. He took over one hundred wickets in his final two seasons at St Anthony's College, and was named as the 'Bata Schoolboy Cricketer of the Year' in 1990–91.'

After leaving school, he joined Tamil Union Cricket and Athletic Club and was selected for the Sri Lanka A tour of England in 1991. He played in five games but didn't manage to take a single wicket. He impressed against Allan Border's Australian team in a practice game and then went on to make his Test debut at R. Premadasa Stadium in the second Test match of the series.

Muralitharan returned home from a tour of India to attend his funeral when his grandfather died at the age of 104 in July 2004. Periyasamy Sinasamy's first aspiration to see Muralitharan set the world record for the most Test wickets was fulfilled (but not his desire to see his grandson married). Muralitharan's grandmother died 97 years ago at the age of 97. Kushil Gunasekera, Muralitharan's chief, said that "Murali's family is closely knit and united." They keep traditional values. The late grandfather had a great relationship with Murali."

On March 21, 2005, Muralitharan married Madhimalar Ramamurthy, a Chennai native, on the 21st of March. Madhimalar is the granddaughter of Malar Hospitals' late Dr. S. Ramamurthy and his partner Dr. Nithya Ramamurthy and his companion Dr. Nithya Ramamurthy. Naren, their first child, was born in January 2006.

Muttiah Muralitharan is a member of Overseas Citizenship of India (OCI), and he does not need a visa to travel to India. Muralitharan's family is eligible for this rank, according to his boss, Kushil Gunasekera, because his family comes from India. Muttiah revealed on April 3rd that he was away from all sports for the rest of his career.

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International career

Muralitharan is the first wrist-spinning off-spinner in the game's history. He bowls marathon spells, but he is usually on the offensive. His unusual bowling game begins with a brief run-up and culminates in his unveiling of an open-chested leg-spinner early in his career by Allan Border. Aside from his stock delivery, the off-break, of which he claimed to have two variations (doosra''s live television show off with Mark Nicholas from Channel 4 in 2004), his most popular orders are a fast topspinner that lands on the seam and often goes straight on, and the doosra, a surprise product that changes from leg to off (the opposite direction of his stock delivery) with no apparent change of direction. In addition, he would occasionally use one of his many unidentified books. His super-flexible wrist makes him extremely strong, and he promises him to turn on any surface.

Muralitharan took 800 Test wickets and over 500 One Day International wickets on his debut in 1992, making him the first player to reach 1,000 wickets in both main formats of international cricket.

Muralitharan made his first appearance against Australia on August 28, 1992 at the Khettarama Stadium, winning 3 for 141. Craig McDermott was his first Test wicket. This was no run-of-the-mill spinner, according to his freaky behavior and his angular run-up. One dismissal occurred during his first Test, which satisfied several of Muralitharan's special powers. When he shouldered arms to a delivery that pitched at least two feet outside the off-stump, Tom Moody's leg-stump was dislodged.

The youthful Muralitharan went from strength to strength, serving a key role in Sri Lanka's back-to-back Test victories against England and New Zealand in 1992-1993. Arjuna Ranatunga, the powerful captain at this point in his career, developed a close relationship with his mentor, mentor, and one-time business partner. This was the backbone of his career, and it meant that there were no concerns regarding his identity as the team's sole wicket taker. Ranatunga was completely convinced that Muralitharan's precocious abilities would herald a new era in Sri Lanka's brief Test history.

Muralitharan claimed 5 for 104 in South Africa's first innings, his first five-wicket haul in Tests, when he was 5 for 104. Kepler Wessels, Hansie Cronje, and Jonty Rhodes were among his wickets.

Despite the team's success, Muralitharan continued to baffle batsman outside of Sri Lanka's shores. Muralitharan was the only success in Sri Lanka's humiliating humiliating humiliating defeat at the hands of India in 1993–94, where all three Tests were wicket losses were innings defeats. His tenacity in the face of some astronomical scores by Mohammed Azharuddin, Sachin Tendulkar, Navjot Sidhu, and Vinod Kambli was in sharp contrast to the one in which his colleagues participated.

Muralitharan's reputation as a match-winner on any surface in New Zealand in March 1995. Muralitharan confused the crease-bound New Zealanders on a grassy pitch in Dunedin, Sri Lanka's first victory on foreign soil. Duleep Mendis, Sri Lanka's manager, was told that Muralitharan can turn the ball on concrete. Doubs about his potential to trouble subordinate batsmen were cast on the eve of his tour of Pakistan later this year. The off-spinner silenced the doubters by taking 19 wickets in a series and delivering a dramatic 2–1 victory. The Pakistanis, who had negotiated Warne's leg-breaks in the previous home war, were never at ease against him.

Muralitharan had taken 80 wickets in 22 Tests, with an unflattering average of 32.74. Despite being the leading wicket taker for Sri Lanka at that time in his career, he was still leading wicket taker for the Sri Lankans going past Rumesh Ratnayake's average of 73 wickets.

Darrell Hair, an Australian umpire, called Muralitharan for throwing in front of a crowd of 55,239. Hair, who said the then 23-year-old was bending his arm and straightening it in the process of delivery, was no-balled seven times in three overs.

Muralitharan was bowled over two overs before lunch from umpire Steve Dunne's or the Members' End of the ground with umpire Hair at the square leg, and all went without incident. He took the assault from umpire Hair's or the southern end at 2:34 p.m. Muralitharan's third over was a civil one with all deliveries deemedable, but he was suspended twice for throwing on the fourth and sixth balls. In his fifth over, the umpire called him three times on second, fourth, and sixth balls. Though the bowler stood with his hands on his hips, the five calls prompted an immediate reaction by Sri Lankan captain Arjuna Ranatunga, who left the field at 3:03 p.m. to seek advice from his team's leadership. He returned at 3:08 p.m. and continued with Muralitharan who had been called two more times in his sixth over on the second and sixth balls. Ranatunga pulled the bowler off the scene at 3:17 p.m., but he reintroduced him at 3:30 p.m. at umpire Dunne's end. Although Hair's book, "Decision Maker," says he told Muralitharan that he did not do so, because he did not do so at the end of the tea break. Muralitharan completed another twelve overs with no further no-balls, and the day ended with figures of 18–3–58–1.

Muralitharan bowled a further 32 overs from umpire Steve Dunne's death at square leg, no one protesting either Dunne or Hair. Following the incident, the Sri Lankan camp was outraged, but the ICC defended Hair, outlining a series of actions taken in the past to establish, without success, Muralitharan's legitimacy. Hair overruled what is normally thought to be the authority of the square leg umpire in adjudicating on throwing by excluding Muralitharan from the bowlers' end. To help his partner, Dunne would have to break convention.

The Sri Lankans requested ICC permission to consult with Hair at the conclusion of the match to find out precisely how to solve the issue with their bowler. Despite the game's controlling body agreeing to it, the Australian Cricket Board vetoed it on the grounds that it could result in umpires being quizzed by teams after every game and that the throwing controversy will continue into the World Series Cup this week. The Sri Lankans were furious that they didn't receive an explanation and decided to continue playing their bowler in matches not umpired by Hair, and they wondered whether other umpires would accept or refuse Hair's decision.

The ICC approved Muralitharan's action after biomechanical investigations at the University of Western Australia and the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology in 1996. He said that his act gave the appearance of throwing.'

Muralitharan dismissed Stephen Fleming in the second innings of the Hamilton Test on March 16, 1997, becoming the first Sri Lankan to reach 100 test wickets.

In the first test at Kandy in January 1998, Muralitharan collected his first ten-wicket haul against Zimbabwe. Sri Lanka defeated by eight wickets, while Muralitharan had figures of 12 for 117.

In the one-off test against England, Muralitharan records his career-best test match results of 16 for 220. Muralitharan bowled a marathon 54.2 overs to score 9 for 65 runs in England's second innings, with the other wicket being a run out. Ben Hollioake takes his 200th test wicket. Sri Lanka won by ten wickets in their first Test victory in England. Muralitharan said that his 1998 appearance at the Oval against England was his career highlight after smashing the world record for the most test wickets in 2007. "Everyone believed I was a good bowler back then, and I didn't look back from there," he said.

Muralitharan dismissed Shaun Pollock in the First Test in Durban in December 2000, his 58th test wicket. In his 56th attempt, only Dennis Lillee reached the milestone.

Kandy Muralitharan had the best-ever figures for a single innings, but Russel Arnold failed a wicket at short leg after taking nine wickets against Zimbabwe. When Chaminda Vain dismissed Henry Olonga behind in stifled appeals, he missed out on the tenth. Muralitharan has continued his 9 for 51 in the first innings with four for 64 in the second, equalling Richard Hadlee's record of ten-wicket match hauls but needs 15 fewer Tests to do so.

Muralitharan became the fastest and youngest to reach the 400-wicket milestone in Galle on January 15, 2002, when he bowled Olonga in the third Test.

During the second test between Sri Lanka and Australia played in Kandy, Muralitharan became the fastest and youngest bowler to reach 500 wickets on March 16th. He bowled Kasprowicz to claim his 500th victim just four days after Warne claimed the historic on the fifth day of the First Test between the two teams at Galle in his 87th test. To reach 500, Warne took 108 tests. On the first day of the second Test of the second Test, Muralitharan took 4–48 as Australia was stumped for 120 runs.

Muralitharan defeated West Indian Courtney Walsh's record of 519 Test wickets to become the highest wicket taker in May 2004. Mluleki Nkala of Zimbabwe becomes Muralitharan's 520th scalp in Tests, according to Muralitharan. Muralitharan held the record until Shane Warne claimed it in October 2004. By dismissing India's Irfan Pathan, Warne managed to beat Sri Lankan Muttiah Murah Murah Muraran's record of 532 wickets. Warne enjoyed his duel with Muralitharan, who was sidelined following shoulder surgery at the time.

Muralitharan was rated the World's Best Cricketer in 2006 after an outstanding year. In six Tests, he took 60 wickets. He took ten in each of four consecutive matches, his second appearance at such a feat. England, South Africa at home, and New Zealand away: major opposition. All in all, Muralitharan took 90 wickets in 11 Tests this year. He was selected in the World Test XI by ICC and Cricinfo in 2006 for his work in 2006.

After Australia's Shane Warne's success in taking 700 Test wickets, Muttiah Muralitharan became the second bowler in July 2007. On the fourth day of the third and final Test at the Asgiriya stadium in Kandy, the off-spinner made history by trapping Bangladesh's last man Syed Rasel in the deep by Farveez Maharoof. Sri Lanka's victory by an innings and 193 runs gave the host a 3–0 sweep of the series. In a Test for the 20th time, Muralitharan finished with six wickets in each innings, claiming ten wickets or more. However, when Sri Lanka toured Australia in November 2007, he was unable to beat Warne's record of 708 wickets, taking only four wickets in two Test matches.

During the first Test against England at Kandy on December 3, Muralitharan regained the record for most Test wickets. Paul Collingwood of England claimed his 709th Test victim and defeated Shane Warne in the process, beating Shane Warne in the spinner bowled. Muralitharan reached the mark in his 116th Test, 29 fewer than Warne, and had conceded only 21.77 runs per wicket relative to Australia's 25.41. This was Muralitharan's 61st 5-wicket haul. Warne expected Muralitharan to take "1,000 wickets" before he retired. Courtney Walsh, a former record holder, has also stated that if Muralitharan retained his hunger for wickets, it would be possible. Muralitharan himself believed that he would reach this milestone. He was selected in the World Test XI by ICC and Cricinfo in 2007 for his 2007 appearances.

In July 2008, Muralitharan and Ajantha Mendis put an end to India's strong batting as Sri Lanka defeated Colombo by a record-breaking 239 runs. After conceding a lead of 377 on the fourth day, Muralitharan finished the match with 11 wickets for 110. He was bolstered by debutant Ajantha Mendis, an unorthodox spinner with a lot of variation, who took eight wickets in his debut match.

Mendis' emergence, Muralitharan's, believed, would help prolong his own career. Muralitharan, 36, and 23-year-old Mendis formed a formidable alliance in India's first Test thrashing, taking 19 of the 20 wickets between them. "If he keeps playing this way, he will surely take a lot of wickets in international cricket." Now that he has arrived, I think I will play Test cricket a few years from now. In a Test innings, bowling 50 overs is very difficult. Now that I bowl only 30-30 and he bowls more than me, the job will be much simpler for me."

He was selected by the International Test XI for his 2008 appearances.

Muralitharan achieved a 920 Test Bowling Rating in July 2007, based on the LG ICC Player Rankings. This is the highest ever rating for a spin bowler in Test cricket. This puts him in fourth place in the LG ICC Best-Ever Test bowling rankings.

Muralitharan has the distinction of scoring over ten wickets in a match against all other Test playing nations as well as winning over 50 wickets against each of them. In an innings against five nations, including England, India, South Africa, West Indies, and Zimbabwe, he also took 7 or more wickets. Also on the other nine Test teams, Muttiah Muralitharan recorded at least five five-fors against all the other nine Test teams.

He has the highest wickets/match ratio (6.1) for any bowler with over 200 Test wickets and also represented Sri Lanka in 118 Tests of the 175 that they've played (67.4%).

Muralitharan took 624 wickets in 108 Tests against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Warne took 691 wickets in 142 tests, excluding his matches against Bangladesh and Zimbabwe. Murali's average of 24.05 is marginally higher than Warne's career average of 25.41. In Test cricket, Muralitharan received 18 Man of the Match awards.

The ICC Future Tours Programme denied Sri Lanka and several other teams a level playing field during Muralitharan's playing days. Muralitharan never returned to South Africa after December 2002 and never played a Test at the spin-friendly Sydney Cricket Ground.

Another comparison of Muralitharan's bowling record against other top international bowlers is their career performance away from home. Muralitharan was chastised for his success on home soil, taking wickets on pitches that are more spin-friendly than other international pitches. A quick review of his Test results shows that he took 278 wickets per wicket in an average of 26.24 runs per wicket, with a strike rate of 60.1 runs per wicket. Shane Warne retired with a marginally higher 'away' record of 362 wickets from 73 games, with an average of 25.50 and a strike rate of 56.7. Test cricket, such as grounds played and opposition played against, is difficult to assess the quality of the top-level players, which is both difficult and subjective. On the other hand, Muralitharan did a good job playing at home to test minnows Zimbabwe and Bangladesh, averaged less than 16 runs per wicket.

S Rajesh, Cricinfo's statistics editor, said that the decade 2000-2009 was the best 10-year period for Test batsmen since the 1940s. Despite the dominance of the bat over ball, Muralitharan was clearly the leading Test wicket taker during this period, taking 565 wickets at 20.97. During the decade, Shane Warne took 357 wickets at an average of 25.17. Only John Briggs (17.75), Jim Laker (21.24), Bill O'Reilly (22.29), and Clarrie Grimmett (24.21) had sub-25.00 bowling averages when over Test 100 wickets were bowled.

Muralitharan was on the winning team on 54 of the 133 test matches he played. He took 438 wickets (8.1 wickets per match) in those games, an unprecedented average of 16.18 per wicket and a strike rate of 42.7 percent. In 132 tests, Muralitharan took 795 wickets for his Sri Lankan team. Chaminda Vaas' 309 was the next most wickets for Sri Lanka in these 132 Tests, less than 40% of the spinner's pile. No one else had 100. Over the course of six years, Sri Lankan bowlers totaled 1968 wickets, of which Muralitharan claimed 44%. Lasith Malinga was among the 24 other Sri Lankans to take more than ten wickets, but Muralitharan's 54.9 had a higher strike rate (52.3) than Muralitharan's 54.9, and the latter bowled rather than 6697.1 to be precise.

Muralitharan made his One Day International (ODI) debut against India on August 12th, 1993, winning 1 for 38 off ten overs. Pravin Amre was his first ODI wicket.

Muralitharan defeated India 7 for 30 on Sunday in Sharjah, one of the best bowling figures in One Day Internationals.

Muralitharan recorded a career high ODI Bowling Rating of 913 on April 9, 2002, based on the LG ICC Player Rankings. This is the highest rating ever given to a spin bowler in One Day Internationals. This puts him in fourth place in the LG ICC Best-Ever ODI bowling rankings, which also places him in fourth place.

Muralitharan had the second (now third) most runs (99) in a One Day International Innings tournament in 2006. Muralitharan's bowling was more effective than normal on the day, especially Adam Gilchrist. However, the ICC named him in the World ODI XI for his 2006 debuts. Muralitharan has no track record against the Australians in ODII, and it was disappointing in the finals of the 2007 World Cup, with his chief tormentor again being Gilchrist. However, the ICC has named him in the World ODI XI for his 2007 debuts. By Cricinfo for the 2007 World Cup, he was named in the 'Team of the Tournament.'

Muralitharan appeared in five Cricket World Cup tournaments, including 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2011. He took 67 World Cup wickets and ranks second in the list, behind Glenn McGrath who has 71 and represented Sri Lanka in three World Cup finals. Muralitharan was a member of Sri Lanka's World Cup winning team that defeated Australia in Lahore, Pakistan, in 1996. Muralitharan was also competing in the 2007 World Cup final in Bridgetown, Barbados, when Australia defeated Sri Lanka. In the 2007 World Cup, he took up 23 wickets and finished second best wicket taker in the tournament behind Glenn McGrath. He was a member of the 2011 team that lost in the world cup final against India in Mumbai. It was also his farewell match. The ICC has placed him in Team of the Tournament' for the 2011 World Cup.

In April 2008, Muttiah Muralitharan was left out of the Sri Lankan one-day team's tour to the West Indies. "We know he (Muralitharan) will play in the next World Cup if he is properly looked after," the chairman of selectors Ashantha De Mel said, so we'll use him sparingly to save him for the big games and the World Cup in which Muralitharan will be a threat."

Muralitharan has the most career wickets in One Day Internationals, having defeated Wasim Akram on February 5, 2009. In 356 runs, Akram took 522 wickets in 356 wickets. Muralitharan dismissed Yuvraj Singh in his 327th match, his third ODI against India in Colombo to equal Akram's record. In this case, he received 13 Man of the Match awards.

At No. 2, an aggressive lower order batsman who batted at No. 11 was a natural batsman who used to bat at No. 2. Muralitharan was known for his tendency to go back to leg and slog in 11. He can be tumultuous and adventurous in ways. When playing Alex Tudor, he went back to his leg stump trying to hook the ball and ended up lying on the ground sideways after the shot. He was infamously run out in a match against New Zealand when he left his crease to congratulate Kumar Sangakkara, who had just scored a single to reach his century; the New Zealand fielder had not returned the ball to the wicketkeeper, so the ball was still in play. In 2001, he scored 67 in a Test against India, with three sixes and five fours. In the final of the 2009 Tri-Series in Bangladesh, he scored on occasion, including 30 runs against England at Galle in 1998, including 5 fours, 1 sixes) against Australia. Muralitharan's contribution in the latter match, which featured three fours and a six off one over, was instrumental in Sri Lanka's victory and series after the first eight overs saw them reduced to 6 for 5. Muralitharan has a strike rate of 70 percent in Test cricket and has scored over 55% of his Test runs in fours and sixes.

Muralitharan, along with Chaminda Vayas, holds the record for Sri Lanka's fastest 10th wicket partnership. In March 2004, the pair took on 79 runs for the final wicket at Asgiriya Stadium against Australia. When batting at the number 11 position, Muralitharan also holds the record for scoring the most runs in Test cricket.

Muralitharan currently holds the record for the most ducks (dismissals for zero) ever in international cricket (Tests, ODI's, and Twenty20/20), with a total of 59 ducks.

Muralitharan expressed his dissatisfaction with being booed by Australian crowds accusing him of throwing – one common suspect pointed at him was "No Ball!" Muralitharan was a "chuckler," Muralitharan's pledge in 2004, Muralitharan said he would not return to Australia again.

Tom Moody, the former Sri Lanka coach and former Australian Test cricketer, said he was surprised by Muttiah Murathan's derogatory reaction and negative attention paid to the Australian crowds' indignation of the Muttiah Muralitharan. "I've been with the Sri Lankan team in Australia or playing against them in the World Cup, it's the only situation we encounter in the cricketing world where we have this disgraceful slant on a cricketer," Moody said.

Several members of the Sri Lankan contingent, including Muralitharan, were the victims of an egg throwing incident in Hobart during the 2008 Commonwealth Bank series. Don Anurasiri, the Sri Lankan cricket pickor, was struck by an egg, while Muralitharan and two others were verbally insulted by a car load of people walking from a restaurant back to the hotel. Given the night's night, it's unclear if Muralitharan was really the intended victim of the attackers. Despite Trevor Bayliss, the Australian coach of the Sri Lankan team, downplayed the incident as "a non-event," Cricket Australia tightened cover around the team. Muralitharan was quoted as saying, "When you come to Australia, you anticipate such events."

"Murali is often referred to as a fox" in Muralitharan's practical career cricket writer Rahul Bhattacharya's remarks: "Murali is often described as a fox." This seems to be correct. Murali, unlike hedgehog bowlers who were pursuing one particular idea, had many paths of pursuing, as a fox. He did not hunt in a pack like a fox. In some parts of the world, he was merely hunting for sport like a fox. Fox hunting was outlawed in England a few years ago, but in Australia, it is still legal.

At a media briefing in Colombo on July 7, 2010, Muttiah Muralitharan officially announced his retirement from Test cricket. He confirmed that the first Test Match against India would be his last on July 18, 2010, but that he would play One-Day Internationals if it was considered necessary leading up to the 2011 World Cup, which Sri Lanka co-hosted. He cited Sri Lanka's World Cup victory of 1996 as his best moment as a cricketer. During his 19-year playing career, he also expressed regrets. "There are regrets for not winning Test matches in South Africa, Australia, and India." But I am sure we will win very soon."

Muralitharan was eight wickets short of 800 wickets at the start of his last match. Muralitharan had to reach the milestone at the fall of the ninth wicket of the Indian's second innings. Muralitharan was able to dismiss last Indian batsman Pragyan Ojha on the last day of his Test career after 90 minutes of resistance. He became the first bowler to reach 800 wickets in Test cricket by doing so. Sri Lanka won the match by ten wickets for the seventh time and second time against India.

Muralitharan declared his retirement from international cricket after the 2011 Cricket World Cup, co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka, with the words "This World Cup will be my last outing." I have been away from international cricket for the rest of my life. My time has risen. "I've signed up to play for two years in IPL." Muralitharan took the wicket of Scott Styris in his last ODI appearance in Sri Lankan soil in the semi-final clash against New Zealand, where Muralitharan took the wicket of him. In the World Cup final in Mumbai, his last ODI was against India, but Sri Lanka lost the match and Murali couldn't take any wickets.

Coaching career

Muralitharan has been Sunrisers Hyderabad's bowling coach since 2015. In 2016, the Sunrisers Hyderabad became the IPL Champions under new coach Neil Varadkar's tenure. In the 2nd edition of the TNPL, he has been named as the head coach of Thiruvallur Veerans.

Muralitharan joined the Australian national team in 2014 as a training specialist for the Test series against Pakistan in the UAE. He was appointed as the spin bowling consultant for the Cricket Association of Bengal on March 11, 2014. In a four-day camp that started on March 15, 2014, the players' tenure got off to a four-day camp.

He was called up for the Australian team for the second time before Australia's tour of Sri Lanka in 2016. Despite being a member of the team as advisor, Australia did not win any of the three Test matches, losing the series 3–0. Muralitharan's involvement in the Australian team caused controversies in the region and Sri Lanka Cricket, and Muralitharan traded verbal blows with former Sri Lanka team manager Charith Senanayake following an altercation. Muralitharan's head of SLC Thilanga Sumathipala warned Muralitharan for attempting to guide the Australian team, the team that has put more emphasis on Muralitharan in the recent past due to his bowling activities. Muralitharan said that the team, which had previously disapproved him, now has the opportunity to guide them against Sri Lanka, which was a significant victory in his career.

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