Watched by President Mahinda Rajapakshe behind bulletproof glass, Sri Lanka’s magic spinner Muttiah Muralitharan made history by touching a total of 800 Test wickets, a world record, on the fifth and final day of Galle Test against India, in which the visitors slumped to a miserable defeat.
His team mates carried him over his shoulders as he achieved this feat and India were all out for 338 facing a sure defeat in Galle.
This was Muralitharan’s swansong Test as his parents and wife sat in the stands and cheered as he snapped up Harbhajan Singh’s wicket (his 799th) by making him lbw. Large cutouts of Muralitharan, with the Sri Lankan flags fluttering in abundance and a band party in tow, greeted the spectators as the match progressed and Murailtharan sweated out to achieve the feat.
With Sri Lankan fielders closing in and the unlucky VVS Laxman out of the way because of a runout at 69, Muralitharan’s 800th Test victim was Pragyan Ojha. 
So far, the World’s Top Seven Test Wicket Takers are:
Muthiah Muralitharan 800
Shane Warne 708
Anil Kumble 619
Glenn McGrath 563
Walsh 519
Kapil Dev 434
Richard Hadlee 431
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