Full name Murali Kartik
Born September 11, 1976, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 44 years 134 days
Major teams India, India Green, Kings XI Punjab, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire, Middlesex, Pune Warriors, Railways, Royal Challengers Bangalore, Somerset, Surrey
Playing role Bowler
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Slow left-arm orthodox
Height 6 ft 0 in
Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 8 | 10 | 1 | 88 | 43 | 9.77 | 231 | 38.09 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
ODIs | 37 | 14 | 5 | 126 | 32* | 14.00 | 178 | 70.78 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 0 |
T20Is | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 203 | 258 | 39 | 4423 | 96 | 20.19 | 0 | 21 | 143 | 0 | ||||
List A | 194 | 94 | 29 | 773 | 44 | 11.89 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 0 | ||||
T20s | 147 | 46 | 21 | 320 | 35 | 12.80 | 290 | 110.34 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 5 | 38 | 0 |
Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Tests | 8 | 15 | 1932 | 820 | 24 | 4/44 | 7/76 | 34.16 | 2.54 | 80.5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
ODIs | 37 | 36 | 1907 | 1612 | 37 | 6/27 | 6/27 | 43.56 | 5.07 | 51.5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
T20Is | 1 | 1 | 24 | 27 | 0 | - | - | - | 6.75 | - | 0 | 0 | 0 |
First-class | 203 | 42547 | 17195 | 644 | 9/70 | 26.70 | 2.42 | 66.0 | 36 | 5 | |||
List A | 194 | 9619 | 7046 | 249 | 6/27 | 6/27 | 28.29 | 4.39 | 38.6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | |
T20s | 147 | 143 | 3069 | 3450 | 110 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 31.36 | 6.74 | 27.9 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Test debut | India v South Africa at Mumbai, Feb 24-26, 2000 scorecard |
Last Test | India v South Africa at Kanpur, Nov 20-24, 2004 scorecard |
Test statistics | |
ODI debut | India v Zimbabwe at Hyderabad (Deccan), Mar 16, 2002 scorecard |
Last ODI | India v Pakistan at Jaipur, Nov 18, 2007 scorecard |
ODI statistics | |
Only T20I | India v Australia at Mumbai (BS), Oct 20, 2007 scorecard |
T20I statistics | |
First-class debut | 1996/97 |
Last First-class | Bengal v Railways at Kolkata, Jan 8-12, 2014 scorecard |
List A debut | 1996/97 |
Last List A | Somerset v Surrey at Taunton, Aug 27, 2012 scorecard |
T20s debut | Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 22, 2007 scorecard |
Last T20s | Kings XI Punjab v Chennai Super Kings at Cuttack, May 7, 2014 scorecard |
Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
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0/20, 6 | Virgo SKings | v Leo Lions | Dubai (DSC) | 12 Feb 2016 | Other T20 |
1/31 | Virgo SKings | v Arabians | Sharjah | 6 Feb 2016 | Other T20 |
3/18 | Virgo SKings | v Leo Lions | Sharjah | 4 Feb 2016 | Other T20 |
1/13 | Virgo SKings | v Libra Lngds | Sharjah | 3 Feb 2016 | Other T20 |
0/40 | Kings XI | v Super Kings | Cuttack | 7 May 2014 | T20 |
1/51 | Kings XI | v Royals | Sharjah | 20 Apr 2014 | T20 |
2/34, 0 | Railways | v Rajasthan | Nagpur | 4 Apr 2014 | T20 |
2/12, 0 | Railways | v Vidarbha | Nagpur | 2 Apr 2014 | T20 |
0, 0/15 | Railways | v M. Pradesh | Nagpur | 1 Apr 2014 | T20 |
2/58, 23, 1/27, 56 | Railways | v Bengal | Kolkata | 8 Jan 2014 | FC |
A left-arm spinner in the classical mould, Murali Kartik had long been on the fringes of the national team without sealing a regular place. He has a high-arm action straight from the coaching manual, and possesses all the weapons in his armoury. But he hasn't always had the breaks and played the understudy to Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh for most of his career. He came close to selection during India's disastrous tour of England in 2011 but Amit Mishra was preferred. Kartik forced his way into the Indian team in 1999-2000 after impressive performances in the domestic games, but didn't seem to enjoy Sourav Ganguly'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 flat pitches.