Muttiah Muralitharan will be 35 by the end of the World Cup, and will be keen to mark his final appearance in the competition with a second winner's medal.

A man who bamboozles opponents with more than 1,000 international wickets cannot be ignored.

Persistent shoulder injuries as a result of his unique action that has dumbfounded batsmen for so long are likely to end his career soon, but he could easily add to his eight five-wicket ODI hauls.