Muttiah Muralitharan became the first bowler to take 800 Test wickets, achieving the milestone in his farewell Test in 2010. Which team was Sri Lanka playing when he took his historic 800th wicket?

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Muralitharan took his 800th and final Test wicket, dismissing India's Pragyan Ojha, in his farewell Test at Galle in July 2010, which Sri Lanka won by ten wickets.

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