Pathan's wicket was the 368th wicket for Muralitharan in one-day internationals. He also has taken 549 wickets in Tests to register a combined aggregate of 917 wickets in international cricket.
With the wicket of debutant Venugopal Rao he extended his tally to 918, the highest combined aggregate for any bowler in international cricket -- toppling Pakistan's Wasim Akram from the apex position.
The following table lists the leading wicket-takers in all forms of international cricket -- Tests, ODIs and Twenty20:
Total Bowler For Tests ODIs Twenty20
918 M Muralitharan SL 549 369 -
916 Wasim Akram Pak 414 502 -
880 Shane Warne Aus 589 291 -
836 Glenn McGrath Aus 508 323 5
789 Waqar Younis Pak 373 416 -
784 Anil Kumble Ind 461 323 -
746 Courtney Walsh WI 519 227 -
Note: The performances in Tsunami relief match between a World XI and Asian XI have not been taken into account.
