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Spare a thought for the IPL bowler

May 02, 2026 12:15 am

Bowlers are confronted with an existential crisis that requires them to come up with variations, lest one evening they be replaced by bowling machines

'Fair wickets would be boring': Muttiah Muralitharan says IPL is big business — and bowlers just have to accept it

April 30, 2026 10:59 am

SRH's spin coach says even he and Warne would have gone for plenty on today's pitches — and that the format is built for entertainment, not fair contests

'If I am not ambitious about my own life, who will be...': Ashwin on 'overthinker' and 'overambitious' tags

August 29, 2025 2:02 pm

On being asked at a Idea Exchange with The Indian Express if the ‘overthinker’ label has worked against him, Ashwin said: “Everybody has unique methods

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Shane Warne or Muttiah Muralitharan: Who does Brian Lara rate higher? Windies legend explains

July 16, 2025 6:46 pm

West Indies legend Brian Lara had played against both Shane Warne and Muthiah Muralitharan and had some memorable duels against the leg-spinners in his 131 Tests career

What is the row around 'land allotted to Muttiah Muralitharan' in Jammu and Kashmir

March 17, 2025 12:27 pm

A plot of 25.75 acres was allotted to M/s Ceylon Beverages Can Pvt. Ltd, of which Muralitharan is one of the three directors, in Kathua. What is the row over this and what is the status of the land? We explain.

The land allotment to legendary former Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan in Kathua district figured in the J-K Assembly Saturday, with some legislators questioning the government’s decision.

Land allotted to Sri Lankan cricket coach Muralitharan shakes J-K Assembly, minister says will look into it

March 10, 2025 5:55 am

Muralitharan’s Cevlon Beverages was among a number of big industrial houses allotted land in Kathua’s Bhagthali Industrial Estate last year, percolating investments over Rs 21,000 crore on the ground.

Large industrial units are coming up in Kathua district’s Bhagthali industrial estate adjoining Punjab. (Express photo)

Muralitharan to Emaar, big players queue for land to set up shop in Jammu and Kashmir

July 07, 2024 10:12 pm

As on July 3, as many as 6,909 applications had been received on the single-window system established by the J&K government to process such proposals.

Why is the IPL breaking run-records this season? The once-miserly Muralitharan explains the glut

April 28, 2024 1:37 pm

According to Muralitharan no spin and deviation off the surface like in the case of Sunil Narine or Varun Chakravarthy means, it makes it all the more easy for the batsmen.