Legendary Australian Spinner Shane Warne

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• Shane Warne was a cricketer from Australia who passed away on 4th March 2022.

• Warne was arguably the greatest leg-spinner of all time, with a tally of 708 Test match wickets. 

• Shane Warne helped his nation win the World Cup in 1999.

• In 2008, he was appointed as the captain of Rajasthan Royals in the Indian Premier League.

• He was the second-highest wicket-taker in Test history and only Sri Lanka off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan has more wickets than him with 800.

• He made his Test debut in 1992 against India and gained international fame when he delivered the ball of the century in 1993, one to remember for ages for cricket fans around the world.

• Warne was named as one of Wisden’s Five Cricketers of the Century for his unparalleled achievements in a 15-year career between 1992 and 2007.