Four South Asian sportsmen created sports history in 2010 – in cricket, golf, and tennis – in three consecutive months. It was on July 22 that Muralitharan, the endearing spin-bowler from Sri Lanka got his 800^th Test wicket on what came to be the last ball of his Test career. This is a world record – difficult to surpass. Shane Warne, the second-highest wicket-taker in Test cricket is still 92 wickets behind. On August 22, Arjun Atwal made a pressure-packed putt for par on the final hole at Sedgefield to become the first Indian to win on PGA Tour. In early September, Bopanna and Qureshi, the first-ever Indo-Pak doubles team, played their first Grand Slam final with their message ‘Stop War, Start Tennis'.

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Muralitharan was in South Africa and could not be reached.

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