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Murali Kartik

Full name: Murali Kartik

Born: 11th September 1976, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India

Batting: Left-hand batsman
Bowling: Slow left-arm orthodox

Teams: India (Test: 1999/00-2004/05); India (ODI: 2001/02-2007/08); India (Int Twenty20: 2007/08); Railways (India) (Main FC: 1996/97-2008/09); Lancashire (Main FC: 2005-2006); Middlesex (Main FC: 2007-2009); Railways (India) (Main ListA: 1996/97-2008/09); Lancashire (Main ListA: 2005-2006); Middlesex (Main ListA: 2007-2008); Middlesex (Main Twenty20: 2007-2009); All teams

Middlesex cap: 2007

Lists of matches and more detailed statistics
Articles: Rammy sign Test star Murali

Pictures: Murali Kartik celebrates after India win

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A left-arm spinner in the classical mould, Murali Kartik has long been on the fringes of the national team. 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 has regularly played the understudy to Anil Kumble and Harbhajan Singh. 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. However, his best moment clearly came at Mumbai, against Australia in 2004-05 when he ran through the Australian batting on a dustbowl, taking seven wickets in the match to bowl India to a famous win. However he got to play just one Test more before being consigned to the periphery. His stint with Middlesex in 2007, though, brought him back into contention and his 12 wickets at 20.75 from eight Pro40 games allowed him to break back into the Indian one-day side in the middle of the seven-match series against Australia in October 2007. He was part of Middlesex's Twenty20-winning squad in 2008 and, uniquely, the only player in the world to play in the IPL and Stanford 20/20 in the inaugural season.
Profile DateLine: 18th April 2009 by CricketArchive Staff Reporter

Test Career Batting and Fielding (1999/00-2004/05)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	8	10	1	88	43	9.77	0	0	38.09	2

Test Career Bowling (1999/00-2004/05)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India	1932	74	820	24	4-44	34.16	0	0	80.50	2.54

First-Class Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	134	163	25	2691	96	19.50	0	13	94

First-Class Career Bowling (1996/97-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
Overall	29262	1342	11786	451	9-70	26.13	25	3	64.88	2.41

One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (2001/02-2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	37	14	5	126	32*	14.00	0	0	70.78	10

One-Day International Career Bowling (2001/02-2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	1907	19	1612	37	6-27	43.56	0	1	51.54	5.07

One-Day Career Batting and Fielding (1996/97-2008/09)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
Overall	165	80	26	599	44	11.09	0	0	49

One-Day Career Bowling (1996/97-2008/09)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	8473	77	6144	206	6-27	29.82	2	2	41.13	4.35

International Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007/08)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
India	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0

International Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007/08)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India	24	0	27	0	0-27					6.75

Twenty20 Career Batting and Fielding (2007-2009)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	SRate	Ct
Overall	43	10	3	58	17	8.28	0	0	95.08	13

Twenty20 Career Bowling (2007-2009)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
Overall	874	0	973	35	5-13	27.80	0	1	24.97	6.67

Youth Test Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
India Under-19s	1	2	0	24	21	12.00	0	0	0

Youth Test Career Bowling (1995/96)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	5wI	10wM	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	246	19	70	7	4-40	10.00	0	0	35.14	1.70

Youth One-Day International Career Batting and Fielding (1995/96)
	M	I	NO	Runs	HS	Ave	100	50	Ct
India Under-19s	2	2	1	14	7*	14.00	0	0	0

Youth One-Day International Career Bowling (1995/96)
	Balls	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	BB	Ave	4wI	5wI	SRate	Econ
India Under-19s	102	2	56	6	3-23	9.33	0	0	17.00	3.29