Muttiah Muralitharan, the legendary Sri Lankan spinner is regarded as one of the greatest spinners to have played the game. There might only be a few sportspersons, who have endured more scrutiny than Muralitharan. His bowling actions were always under frequent and intrusive analysis, but he emerged out stronger from the controversies.
With 800 test wickets and 534 scalps in one-day internationals, Muttiah Muralitharan is considered as one of the biggest assets to this game.
Today, the legendary cricketer is celebrating his 48th birthday and social media is flooded with posts and birthday wishes for the spinner. From sharing clips from his brilliant performances to writing amazing birthday messages for the spinner, Twitterati just can’t stop going gaga over the brilliant all-rounder.
Amidst many, IPL franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad also took to their social media and shared an amazing video featuring Muralitharan and his son Naren.
Sunrisers Hyderabad took to their official twitter handle and shared a video, where Naren can be seen delivering the ball and he does that just like how his father user to bowl. Sharing the video via their official twitter handle, Sunrisers Hyderabad wrote:
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Here, check out the video:
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Like father, like son ?#HappyBirthdayMuralitharan #OrangeArmy pic.twitter.com/gDmZG0LATJ
— SunRisers Hyderabad (@SunRisers) April 17, 2020
As soon as the video caught eyes, it went viral in no time. Fans just can’t stop gushing over the amazing skills of this father-son duo. People are impressed with the skills of the junior Muralitharan and are looking forward to see him making it big in the cricketing world.
Here, check out the reactions of Twitterati on this:
https://twitter.com/saketh_rama1303/status/1251098247587717120?s=20
https://twitter.com/nibraz88cricket/status/1251116470890754054?s=20
Only difference is the flex in elbow. Looking forward to seeing the lad in action
— Asif Khan (@mak_asif) April 17, 2020
And 100 times the pressure ?
— Troy Rodríguez (@begoodpeopleof) April 17, 2020
Murali is a class act…one of the best in world…
— ??$anja¥ ¥adaV?? (@Sanjayyadav1236) April 17, 2020
The only similarity is the way he carries the ball, the action is different
— gadafi saleem (@saleemgadafi) April 17, 2020
What a legend
— infinity (@RajaAsadullah) April 17, 2020
Matlab phir se murli bajegi batsmen ki
— Emamul Pervez (@pervez_cric) April 17, 2020
