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Full name Murali Kartik
Born September 11, 1976, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 28 years 306 days
Major teams India, Railways
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
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Tests 8 10 1 88 43 9.77 231 38.09 0 0 11 0 2 0
ODIs 18 9 4 80 32* 16.00 113 70.79 0 0 6 0 6 0
First-class 85 99 11 1660 79 18.86 0 10 44 0
List A 90 40 14 266 37* 10.23 0 0 31 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 8 1932 820 24 4/44 7/76 34.16 2.54 80.50 1 0 0
ODIs 18 978 828 18 3/36 3/36 46.00 5.07 54.33 0 0 0
First-class 85 18342 7278 278 9/70 26.17 2.38 65.97 15 2
List A 90 4793 3471 105 4/13 4/13 33.05 4.34 45.64 2 0 0
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Test debut India v South Africa at Mumbai - Feb 24-26, 2000
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Last Test India v South Africa at Kanpur - Nov 20-24, 2004 scorecard
ODI debut India v Zimbabwe at Hyderabad (Decc) - Mar 16, 2002
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Last ODI India v Pakistan at Ahmedabad - Apr 12, 2005 scorecard
First-class span 1996/97 - 2004/05
List A span 1996/97 - 2004/05
A left-arm spinner in the classical mould, Murali
Kartik has long been on the fringes of the national team. He has a
high-arm action straight from the coaching manual, and possesses all
the weapons in his armoury - the tantalising loop, the ability to
extract sharp turn and bounce, and the subtle variations. But he
hasn't always had the breaks, and has regularly played the
understudy to Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. Kartik forced his way
into the Indian team in 1999-2000 after impressive performances in
the domestic games, but didn't seem to enjoy his captain's
confidence and was either used as a defensive option or underbowled.
He made his mark as a one-day bowler against West Indies in 2002-03,
consistently keeping the batsmen in check on pitches where every
other bowler got tonked for plenty. However, his best moment clearly
came at Mumbai, against Australia in 2004-05. Enjoying the
confidence reposed in him by Rahul Dravid, the captain, Kartik ran
through the Australian batting on a dustbowl, taking seven wickets
in the match to bowl India to a famous win. |
