Full name Murali Kartik
Born September 11, 1976, Madras (now Chennai), Tamil Nadu
Current age 33 years 76 days
Major teams India, India Green, Kolkata Knight Riders, Lancashire, Middlesex, Railways
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 | 145 | 182 | 28 | 2982 | 96 | 19.36 | 0 | 14 | 101 | 0 | ||||
| List A | 166 | 81 | 26 | 619 | 44 | 11.25 | 0 | 0 | 50 | 0 | ||||
| Twenty20 | 47 | 11 | 4 | 62 | 17 | 8.85 | 68 | 91.17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 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 | 145 | 31228 | 12574 | 480 | 9/70 | 26.19 | 2.41 | 65.0 | 25 | 3 | |||
| List A | 166 | 8521 | 6154 | 208 | 6/27 | 6/27 | 29.58 | 4.33 | 40.9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 47 | 45 | 958 | 1058 | 37 | 5/13 | 5/13 | 28.59 | 6.62 | 25.8 | 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 (Decc), 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 | Orissa v Railways at Bhubaneswar, Nov 17-20, 2009 scorecard |
| List A debut | 1996/97 |
| Last List A | Middlesex v Northamptonshire at Uxbridge, Sep 19, 2009 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut | Surrey v Middlesex at The Oval, Jun 22, 2007 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 | Madhya Pradesh v Railways at Indore, Oct 25, 2009 scorecard |
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.
S Rajesh October 2008
- Kartik moves to Somerset (Sep 22, 2009)
- Kartik joins Somerset for 2010 (Sep 22, 2009)
- Trescothick and Kieswetter fight for Somerset (Aug 29, 2009)
- Voges ton makes Sussex toil (Aug 7, 2009)
- Kolkata's sorry saga continues (May 16, 2009)
May 12, 2009
Murali Kartik picked up two quick wickets
© Associated Press
Apr 21, 2009
Murali Kartik just manages to hang on to the catch at the boundary edge
© AFP
Jul 26, 2008
A jubilant Murali Kartik holds aloft the Twenty20 Cup
© Getty Images
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