Sri Lankan cricket legend Muttiah Muralitharan, who is part of the Sunrisers Hyderabad support staff in the ongoing IPL, has undergone angioplasty at a city hospital. The 49-year-old is the leading wicket-taker in international cricket with 1347 scalps. Muralitharan represented Sri Lanka in 133 Tests, 350 ODIs and 12 T20 Internationals. As per IPL sources, it was a planned procedure and the former cricketer is doing fine. "A blockage was detected at the end of March. So it (angioplasty) was a routine procedure that was supposed to be conducted. He is doing well," the source told PTI.
He took a staggering 800 wickets in the longest format, 534 in the ODIs and 13 in the T20s. He was also part of Sri Lanka's ODI World Cup triumph in 1996.
He has been the bowling coach and mentor of Sunrisers Hyderabad since 2015. His team has suffered three losses in a row this season.
Update: Despite hospitalisation for cardiac treatment, Muralitharan appears to be stable.
Muttiah Muralitharan was conceded to a clinic in Chennai on Sunday (April 17) morning for cardiovascular treatment. Last heard, the Sri Lanka's cricket legend is doing fine and is thoroughly out of threat.
As per Sunrisers Hyderabad authorities, Muralitharan went for a registration and on the guidance of the specialists he got himself treated right away. The 49-year-old Lankan, the record holder of most noteworthy Test wickets with 800 scalps, is a coach of the Sunrisers Hyderabad group.
"He had counseled specialists in Sri Lanka over blockage in his heart prior to coming for the IPL. He was at first told there was no requirement for any stents except for at the Apollo Hospital here in Chennai, he was exhorted angioplasty. He quickly completed it," Shanmuganathan, the CEO of the Sunrisers, told Cricbuzz on Sunday night . "He is a lot of fine and he ought to move in the ground in a couple of days."
Muralitharan was at the Chepauk when Sunrisers played Mumbai Indians on Saturday, by chance his 49 birthday.
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