-Vinay Kumar
Australian leg-spinner Shane Warne died at the age of 52 from a heart attack. Shane’s management team said in an official statement that Shane Warne died of a heart attack in Koh Samui, Thailand. Shane was found dead in his villa and could not be saved despite medical emergency help, the statement said.
Second highest wicket taker in the world
Legendary leg-spinner Shane Warne was the second highest wicket-taker in the world of cricket. He was the highest wicket-taker after Muttiah Muralitharan of Sri Lanka. The history of international cricket shows that Shane Warne played 145 Test matches from 1992 to 2007. In which he took 708 wickets at an average of 25.41. Sri Lankan great bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has taken 800 wickets in Test cricket. Between 1993 and 2005, he took 293 wickets in 194 One Day Internationals. He had a special role in the Australian team that won the 1999 World Cup.
Australia’s great Shane Warne made his debut in International Test cricket with the Test match played against India in Sydney in 1992. He played the last Test match of his career in January 2007 against England in Sydney (Shane Warne last Test Match Australia vs England Test Match, 2007 Sydney).
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IPL’s first trophy winning captain
Shane Warne was also the IPL winning captain. He made Rajasthan Royals (Rajasthan Royals RR 2008) the champion in the first season of IPL i.e. IPL 2008 under his captaincy. Rajasthan Royals defeated Chennai Super Kings in the final match. Shane Watson, the legendary bowler who played for Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2008 and captain of Rajasthan Royals was awarded Man of the Series in that season.
International cricket record of Shane Warne
Leg spinner Shane Warne, the great leg spinner of the cricket world, took 708 wickets in 273 innings of 145 Test matches played in his international career. The history of international cricket tells that he took the 5 wicket hall 37 times (Shane Warne 5 Wickets Hall). He took 293 wickets in 194 ODI matches played in his One Day International cricket career. His best performance was 5 wickets for 33 runs. He played a total of 73 T20 matches in his international career and took 70 wickets in that format. His best performance in T20Is was 4 for 21 runs.