NEW DELHI, 3 February 2005 — Sri Lankan cricket star Muttiah Muralitharan is to marry an Indian businesswoman next month in the southern city of Madras, the bride-to-be’s family said yesterday.
The marriage between the 32-year-old off-spinner and Madhimalar Ramamurthy, 24, was finalized by the respective families after both passed the traditional test - matching horoscopes.
“We are happy to have Murali as our son-in-law,” the girl’s mother, Nithya Ramamurthy, told the Press Trust of India.
“It is like a match made in heaven. After exchange of horoscopes, Murali and his mother visited our house and the marriage was arranged.”
Gavaskar Named Chairman of
World XI Selection Panel
In Sydney, former India captain Sunil Gavaskar has been appointed chairman of a six-man panel to select a World XI to play Australia later this year.
Also named on the selection panel were former test players Michael Atherton, Richard Hadlee, Jonty Rhodes, Aravinda de Silva and Clive Lloyd.
