Muralitharan went for a check-up and on the advice of the doctors got himself treated immediately. He is doing fine and totally out of danger.
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Legendary Sri Lankan cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan, currently a mentor of SunRisers Hyderabad (SRH) is completely out of danger, having undergone angioplasty at a hospital in Chennai on Sunday (April 17). Muralitharan initially went for a check-up to the hospital, having consulted doctors in Sri Lanka over the blockage in his heart, before coming for the 2021 edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL). The 49-year-old was initially informed by the doctors in Sri Lanka that there was no need for any stents. However, he was advised angioplasty by the doctors at the Apollo Hospital in Chennai. Muralitharan decided to conduct the procedure immediately.
“He had consulted doctors in Sri Lanka over blockage in his heart before coming for the IPL. He was initially told there was no need for any stents but at the Apollo Hospital here in Chennai, he was advised angioplasty. He immediately got it done. He is very much fine and he should back in the ground in a few days,” said Shanmuganathan, the CEO of the Sunrisers in an interaction with Cricbuzz on Sunday night.
The former Sri Lankan cricketer is the highest wicket taker in the history of Test cricket, with 800 dismissals. He represented Sri Lanka in 133 Tests, 350 ODIs and 12 T20 Internationals. The 49-year-old 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.
Muralitharan was at the Chepauk when SRH played Mumbai Indians (MI) on Saturday. It was incidentally his 49 birthday.
The Hyderabad-based franchise has failed to record a win in their opening three league matches of the IPL 2021 league stages. This is the first time in the history of the team, that there have been no wins recorded in the initial three games.
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