A fellow offspinner applauds Murali
Harbhajan Singh, the India offspinner, thinks Muttiah Muralitharan should be appreciated for his genius instead of being questioned over his action, a situation he himself is familiar with
ESPNcricinfo staff
25-Feb-2013
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Harbhajan Singh, the India offspinner, thinks Muttiah Muralitharan should be appreciated for his genius instead of being questioned over his action, a situation he himself is familiar with. His article in the Guardian has more.
Murali has had to fight allegations about his action more than a few times and each time he has come out clean and come out on top on the field again. I've also had to go through the tunnel of suspicion and have come out unscathed, and even if the sceptics persist, the cameras are not lying. It takes a lot to come out and resume the fight and Murali, ever a fighter, came out on top whenever he was sent to the labs.
One important thing in his favour was the Sri Lankan cricket board's policy of backing him and believing he was right. Murali repaid that faith by winning his country so many matches and you've got to give credit to a guy who's taken so many wickets. Let him play, let us enjoy watching this legend rather than constantly carping about nothing. Just salute him.
Ashok Ganguly is an editorial assistant at Cricinfo