India, April 30 -- Sunrisers Hyderabad spin-bowling coach Muttiah Muralitharan, in a shocking remark, has said that cricket has changed so much these days, tilted in favour of batsmen, that even he or the late Shane Warne would have struggled like everyone else.

Muralitharan, the only bowler to take 800 wickets in Tests and the highest wicket-taker in ODIs with 534 scalps, was speaking to the press after his team's thumping win against home side Mumbai Indians at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday night. Chasing 244 to win, SRH got over the line with 8 balls remaining and six wickets in hand. Abhishek Sharma, Travis Head, Heinrich Klaasen and Sahil Arora were ruthless with the bat for SRH.

"We would have turned [the ball], but we would n...