The Mystery spinner and former Sri Lankan cricket player, Muttiah Muralitharan, is likely to be the Governor of Northern Province of Sri Lanka. He took a tally of 800 test wickets and remained unbeaten so far. The Wrist Spinner and the recently evolved Dosa killer, who has played a significant role in winning the 1996 world cup, has jumped into politics by supporting the Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party.
Murali is an Indian - Tamil origin from the Kandy region, a part of the island nation. There has been a recent buzz that Murali will become the Governor in the Rajapaksa Ministry. In the recently concluded Presidential elections, Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the SLPP party has won by a huge margin.
During the final LTTE wars in 2005, Murali gave an open statement that there were no such cruel war crimes held in the Sri Lankan civil war and extended his support to the ruling party (SLPP) at that time. This angered the entire Tamil Community of Sri Lanka, which covers 12% of the total Sri Lankan Population.
