Sri Lankan bowler Muttaiah Muralitharan, left, is congratulated by teammates Kumar Sangakkara, center, and Santh Jayasuriya after the former broke the world record for most wickets in one-day international (ODI) cricket during the fourth ODI cricket match of the five match series between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Feb 5, 2009. Muralitharan took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir, unseen, Thursday to surpass the 502 wickets taken by former Pakistan pace man Wasim Akram. Muralitharan also holds the test record with 769 dismissals. AP Photo logo AP Photo 40 months ago

Sri Lankan bowler Muttaiah Muralitharan, left, is congratulated by teammates Kumar Sangakkara, center, and Santh Jayasuriya after the former broke the world record for most wickets in one-day international (ODI) cricket during the fourth ODI cricket match of the five match series between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Thursday, Feb 5, 2009. Muralitharan took the wicket of Gautam Gambhir, unseen, Thursday to surpass the 502 wickets taken by former Pakistan pace man Wasim Akram. Muralitharan also holds the test record with 769 dismissals.

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