Freshly retired from Test cricket, Muttiah Muralitharan is already missing playing in the longest format of the game. Murali said farewell in typically excellent fashion after guiding Sri Lanka to a thumping 10-wicket triumph over India at Galle
"I am going to miss the dressing room environment. The challenges of five-day cricket and first and foremost, bowling to great players like Sachin Tendulkar. I will miss this," the incredibly popular off-spinner told PTI.
So does the CSK ace regret announcing his retirement?
"I don't think it was a premature decision. I was thinking about it since long and I thought it was the perfect time,” said the legend.
"I don't think it was a premature decision. I was thinking about it since long and I thought it was the perfect time,” said the legend.
Muralitharan never played for records, but such was his talent that the stats men were always kept busy.
“Frankly speaking I was not at all confident of getting eight wickets [I needed] to touch 800. I was not even thinking about that. Winning was more important for me and I was concentrating on that. [I did, however, feel] on the top of the world when I got Pragyan Ojha's wicket," he confessed. "All my teammates hugged me. Everyone was very happy. That was an invaluable moment for me and I can never forget that."
Muralitharan does not agree that his record is for keeps and no bowler would be able to break it.
"This is cricket. You cannot guarantee anything. Someone may cross the 800 Test wickets mark tomorrow. Even when I started playing I never thought of making a world record one day," said the bowler, who has taken 515 ODI wickets.
Talking about his future plans, Muralitharan wishes to play Twenty20 Cricket for the next couple of years.
Muralitharan does not agree that his record is for keeps and no bowler would be able to break it.
"This is cricket. You cannot guarantee anything. Someone may cross the 800 Test wickets mark tomorrow. Even when I started playing I never thought of making a world record one day," said the bowler, who has taken 515 ODI wickets.
Talking about his future plans, Muralitharan wishes to play Twenty20 Cricket for the next couple of years.
"I want to play Twenty20 cricket for the next two or three years. I would love to remain a part of Chennai Super Kings provided the IPL franchise wants me.”
Murali is certainly wanted by the Super Kings and will be looking to claim his second trophy of the year with CSK during CLT20 2010 inSouth Africa
Murali is certainly wanted by the Super Kings and will be looking to claim his second trophy of the year with CSK during CLT20 2010 in
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