On This Day in 2010, Muttiah Muralitharan Signed Off From Tests On a High

Muttiah Muralitharan retired from Test cricket on July 22, 2010, after reaching 800-wicket milestone in a match against India

Muttiah Muralitharan retired from Tests with a match against India.© AFP

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Muralitharan retires from Tests on July 22, 2010
He reached 800-wicket milestone in his 133rd Test
Pragyan Ojha was his 800th victim

Muttiah Muralitharan retired from Test cricket in July 22, 2010, after achieving a historic feat - becoming the first person to take 800 wickets.

In his last Test at the Galle International Stadium against India, Muralitharan needed eight wickets to reach the milestone. In the first innings he took 5/63 while in the second he returned with 3/128 and etched his name into history books. Pragyan Ojha was his 800th victim.

Sri Lanka won the Test by 10 wickets.

Muralitharan retired from ODIs in 2011, coincidentally this time also with a game against India.

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