Name: Muttiah Muralitharan
Salary: $USD 600,000.00
TeamName: Chennai Super Kings

Type	Mat	Inns	No	Runs	HS	Avg	BF	SR	100	50	4s	6s	Ct	St
Tests	127	157	53	1178	67	11.32	1693	69.58	0	1	137	25	69	0
ODIs	329	154	59	610	33*	6.42	832	73.31	0	0	43	9	127	0
T20Is	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0	0
First-class	226	269	80	2109	67	11.15			0	1			120	0
List A	418	192	71	841	33*	6.95			0	0			149	0
Twenty20	27	6	1	28	11	5.60	28	100.00	0	0	1	1	8	0

Batting Averages

Type	Mat	Inns	Balls	Runs	WKTs	BBI	BBM	Avg	Econ	SR	4W	5W	10W
Tests	127	220	42020	17081	770	9/51	16/220	22.18	2.43	54.5	43	66	22
ODIs	329	321	17713	11485	505	7/30	7/30	22.74	3.89	35.0	14	10	0
T20Is	1	1	24	27	2	2/27	2/27	13.50	6.75	12.0	0	0	0
First-class	226		64914	25898	1344	9/51		19.26	2.39	48.2		118	34
List A	418		21981	13982	631	7/30	7/30	22.15	3.81	34.8	16	12	0
Twenty20	27	27	618	651	36	4/16	4/16	18.08	6.32	17.1	3	0	0

Bowling Averages

"Twenty20 is all about containment of runs," the highest Test wicket-taker said. "If I give six to seven runs in an over, I would think I have done a good job."

With Shaun Marsh in awesome touch and the combination of other players, the team has a distinct edge in the second semi-final.