Right length the key to success: Muralitharan

CHENNAI: Muttiah Muralitharan is enjoying life after retiring from Test cricket. It is felicitation ti­me for the maestro wherever he goes. The team management of  Chennai Super Kings (CSK),  winner of IPL 2010, felicitated the off-spinner at a  function on Monday for his unique feat in taking 800 Test wickets. As a ma­rk of respect for the spinner they presented him a CSK jers­ey with the number 800 on it. Former Indian captain S Venka­taraghavan handed over the je­rsey to Murali.

Former Indian cricketer Sanjay Manjarekar, who organised an interactive session between Murali, Venkat and several CSK local players hailed Murali for his tall deeds. Venkat  complimented Murali for his commitment and said lot of hard work had gone into his achievement.

Venkat and Murali discussed the finer points in the art of spin bowling. Both concluded that good line and length was paramount for any bowlers' success in any format. The duo agreed that more than anything  else ‘right length’ was the key to a bowler’s success. Murali said the discipline and punctuality he lea­rnt as a schoolboy while staying at a hostel stood him in good st­e­ad.

He said his body can withstand the rigours of the game for the next three years.At the moment, the Champions T20 League was in his mind. He also revealed that he would be playing County cricket and the exact details would be known shortly.

He said that the current Sri Lanka side was good enough for the World Cup and  he was  eager to participate in it.

When quizzed about the Pakistan players being involved in match fixing scandal in England he refused to comment stressing that there were allegations at the moment and nothing was proven yet.

Murali said that he had accepted Anil Kumble’s offer and work with the Indian’s  initiative. At the cost of repeating himself Murali again stressed Harbhajan was one bowler who had the ability to overhaul his record wicket-haul in Tests.