Most Wickets in Test for Sri Lanka: From Muttiah Muralitharan to GRA de Silva

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Muttiah Muralitharan tops the list of Sri Lanka's highest wicket-takers in TESTs, with a record 795 wickets in 132 matches at an economy of 2.47. Rangana Herath follows with 433 wickets in 93 matches, including a best of 9/127. Chaminda Vaas is third, claiming 355 wickets in 111 matches, while legends like Suranga Lakmal (171 wickets) and MDK Perera (161 wickets) round out the top five. These bowlers have been instrumental in Sri Lanka's TEST success over the years. Here is the list of Sri lankan players with the most wickets in TEST history.

#	Player	Matches	Inn	Runs	Wickets	Best	Economy
1	Muttiah Muralitharan	132	228	18,023	795	9/51	2.47
2	Rangana Herath	93	170	12,157	433	9/127	2.80
3	Chaminda Vaas	111	194	10,501	355	7/71	2.68
4	Suranga Lakmal	70	122	6,232	171	5/47	3.00
5	MDK Perera	43	78	5,780	161	6/32	3.20
6	Prabath Jayasuriya	20	37	3,490	116	7/52	3.20
7	Lahiru Kumara	34	57	3,749	104	6/122	3.87
8	Lasith Malinga	30	59	3,349	101	5/50	3.85
9	CRD Fernando	40	68	3,784	100	5/42	3.67
10	Sanath Jayasuriya	110	140	3,366	98	5/34	2.46
11	GP Wickramasinghe	40	63	3,559	85	6/60	2.94
12	Vishwa Fernando	27	47	2,534	79	5/101	3.55
13	KTGD Prasad	25	44	2,698	75	5/50	3.74
14	Rumesh Ratnayake	23	35	2,563	73	6/66	3.09
15	AM Fernando	22	37	1,997	72	6/51	3.58
16	RTM Mendis	16	30	2,212	71	6/70	3.18
17	Lasith Embuldeniya	17	28	2,611	71	7/137	3.23
18	BAW Mendis	19	31	2,434	70	6/99	3.08
19	N Pradeep	28	53	3,003	70	6/132	3.54
20	HDPK Dharmasena	31	53	2,920	69	6/72	2.52
21	DNT Zoysa	30	51	2,157	64	5/20	2.92
22	Ashantha De Mel	17	27	2,180	59	6/109	3.71
23	KR Pushpakumara	23	38	2,242	58	7/116	3.54
24	RMS Eranga	19	35	2,138	57	4/49	3.29
25	JR Ratnayeke	22	31	1,972	56	8/83	3.08
26	Kasun Rajitha	18	29	1,627	55	5/56	3.25
27	UWMBCA Welegedara	21	35	2,273	55	5/52	3.58
28	KMDN Kulasekara	21	38	1,794	48	4/21	3.01
29	Champaka Ramanayake	18	29	1,880	44	5/82	3.08
30	S Randiv	12	21	1,613	43	5/82	3.07
31	Sangarange Anurasiri	18	27	1,548	41	4/71	2.33
32	Dhananjaya de Silva	63	91	2,239	40	3/25	3.33
33	Hashan Tillakaratne	87	76	1,711	39	4/10	3.03
34	Lakshan Sandakan	11	20	1,276	37	5/95	3.71
35	DS de Silva	12	19	1,347	37	5/59	2.66
36	Upul Chandana	16	29	1,535	37	6/179	3.43
37	A Dananjaya	6	12	819	33	6/115	3.54
38	Angelo Mathews	118	86	1,798	33	4/44	2.71
39	Khahakachchi Warnaweera	10	15	1,021	32	4/25	2.62
40	Dushmantha Chameera	12	21	1,321	32	5/47	3.91
41	Aravinda de Silva	93	58	1,208	29	3/30	2.79
42	Vinothen John	6	9	614	28	5/60	2.87
43	Thilan Thushara	10	18	1,040	28	5/83	3.74
44	Graeme Labrooy	9	15	1,194	27	5/133	3.31
45	Praveen Jayawickrama	5	10	642	25	6/92	2.91
46	PHT Kaushal	7	14	1,105	25	5/42	3.99
47	Farveez Maharoof	22	35	1,631	25	4/52	3.32
48	MRCN Bandaratilleke	7	14	698	23	5/36	2.43
49	Kelaniyage Silva	7	11	647	20	4/16	2.53
50	Asanka Gurusinha	41	39	681	20	2/7	2.90
51	FS Ahangama	3	6	348	18	5/52	2.60
52	TCB Fernando	9	17	792	18	4/27	3.74
53	PDRL Perera	8	14	661	17	3/40	3.50
54	DK Liyanage	9	15	666	17	4/56	2.94
55	UC Hathurusingha	26	32	789	17	4/66	2.41
56	HMCM Bandara	8	14	633	16	3/84	3.29
57	KSC de Silva	8	14	889	16	5/85	3.36
58	Arjuna Ranatunga	93	56	1,040	16	2/17	2.62
59	Thilan Samaraweera	81	35	689	15	4/49	3.11
60	PM Pushpakumara	4	6	520	14	3/28	3.62
61	Dasun Shanaka	6	8	431	13	3/46	3.39
62	KN Peiris	3	5	520	12	6/170	3.95
63	Ruwan Kalpage	11	16	774	12	2/27	2.94
64	WRS de Silva	3	6	209	11	4/35	2.90
65	Milinda Siriwardana	5	9	257	11	3/25	3.73
66	Russel Arnold	44	28	598	11	3/76	2.68
67	Thisara Perera	6	8	653	11	4/63	4.10
68	RMMP Rathnayake	4	7	328	10	3/56	4.14
69	RAP Nissanka	4	7	366	10	5/64	3.74
70	PLS Gamage	5	9	573	10	2/38	3.09
71	Ajith Kuruppuarachchi	2	3	149	8	5/44	3.28
72	EAR de Silva	10	15	1,032	8	2/67	2.65
73	Kapila Wijegunawardene	2	4	147	7	4/51	2.42
74	KN Amalean	2	2	156	7	4/97	3.83
75	GRA de Silva	4	7	385	7	2/38	2.40

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