The greatest batter of all time vs the greatest bowler of all time. The batter with the most international runs in cricket history vs the Bowler with the most international wickets in cricket history. Both those records will probably never be broken. Sachin Tendulkar vs Muttiah Muralitharan is one of the most epic cricket battles of all time. The skills both these men had and the way they used to prepare for one another and not give an inch was remarkable to witness.
Sachin Tendulkar
Sachin Tendulkar is the greatest batter to have ever played the sport of cricket. Sachin Tendulkar has played cricket for 24 years and he has played the best of the best bowlers to have ever played the sport. He has played 200 Test Matches for India. He has made 15921 runs at an average of 53.79. He has hit 51 Test Hundreds which is the most by anybody. He has also played 463 ODIs for India in which he has hit 18426 runs. He has 49 ODI Hundreds. In total he has hit 100 international Hundreds and 34000+ runs. He has played against Muttiah Muralitharan for almost 20 years.
Take a look here at Best Sachin Tendulkar Test cricket innings
Muttiah Muralitharan
The greatest bowler of all time and the bowler with the most international wickets of all time is Muttiah Muralitharan. He has played 133 Test Matches for Sri Lanka. He has an amazing average of 22.73 with the ball and he is the first and only player to take 800 wickets in Test Cricket, a record that is unlikely to be broken ever again. He has taken a record 67 Five Wicket Hauls and 22 times he has taken 10 wickets in a Test Match. He has also played in 350 ODIs for Sri Lanka. He has taken a record 534 wickets at an average of 23.08. He has taken 25 Four Wicket Hauls and 10 Five Wicket Hauls in ODI Cricket. In total he has 1334 International Wickets while playing for Sri Lanka.
Take a look here at Best Bowling Performances of Muttiah Muralitharan
Head to Head
In Test Cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan has bowled 366 balls to Sachin Tendulkar in Test Cricket. Sachin has scored 196 runs and he has been dismissed 6 times.
In ODI Cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan has bowled 91 balls in which Sachin Tendulkar has made 83 runs while being dismissed once.
Memorable Encounters
In the first Test in 2005, it was Muttiah Muralitharan who got Sachin Tendulkar lbw after he had made 22 runs and was looking good.
In the second Test vs Sri Lanka in 2005, Sachin Tendulkar made a brilliant hundred but was dismissed by Muttiah Muralitharan. This was a great contest between the two legends.
During the 2010 series in Sri Lanka it was Muttiah Muralitharan who got the better of Sachin Tendulkar as he was dismissed at the score of 8.
During the second test of the series it was Sachin Tendulkar who bounced back with a magnificent double hundred and Muttiah could not get him out.
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