Counting on Murali to be the trumpcard

There has never been a more destructive bowler in the game than Muttiah Muralitharan. And the Indians have reason to remember him bitterly a...

There has never been a more destructive bowler in the game than Muttiah Muralitharan. And the Indians have reason to remember him bitterly as he skittled them out for 226 in Sharjah in 2000, returning figures of seven for 30 from his 10 overs.

If Murali needs to be stopped and youngsters shielded from his preying skills, seniors need to show the way and Sachin Tendulkar has to don the mantle.

Tendulkar has rarely been deceived by Murali’s bag of tricks but it must be said he has not faced him at all in the last three years. In the period, Murali has added a number of potentially deadly deliveries to his already overstuffed repertoire. Tendulkar had pulled out of the tour to Sri Lanka in 2001 because of a foot injury.

Both of them were around at the ICC Champions Trophy in Sri Lanka last September. He even played in the two matches (finals) against them, but before Murali could come on to bowl, rain intervened and the games had to be abandoned.

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