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Sri Lanka's Muralitharan To Boost Karnataka Economy With ₹1,400 Crore Business Model

Muttiah Muralitharan with Karnataka Minister for Large & Medium Industries M B Patil (X)Muttiah Muralitharan with Karnataka Minister for Large & Medium Industries M B Patil (X)

Legendary off-spinner Muttiah Muralitharan is set to invest Rs 1,400 crore to establish a beverage and confectionery unit in Badanaguppe, Chamarajanagara district.  

Muralitharan, who runs a successful soft drinks business in Sri Lanka, is planning to expand his business to India as well.

Karnataka Minister for Large & Medium Industries, M.B. Patil, announced this development following a meeting with the iconic Sri Lankan spinner. The minister shared the news about Muralitharan's investment  on X.

"Legendary Cricketer Muttiah Muralitharan Expands Business to Our State! Sri Lanka's cricket icon Muttiah Muralitharan, now an entrepreneur post-retirement, has established a soft drink manufacturing plant in his homeland and has now selected our state for expansion"-Minister's X post reads.

A Rs 1,000 crore manufacturing facility is already under development in Chamarajanagar. The government plans to increase the investment to Rs 1,400 crore. Beverages will be manufactured under Muralitharan's brand "Muttiah Beverages and Confectioneries."

Forty six acres of land have been allotted for the project, with manufacturing expected to start by early next year, according to the minister's words.


Muralitharan's connection with India

Muttiah Muralitharan, a Sri Lankan Tamil, is married to Madhimalar Ramamurthy from Chennai, India. In the IPL, he is associated with the Sun Group's franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad and has played for multiple IPL franchises in the past. 

The cricketer-turned-businessman invested in a 1000-crore project in Dharwad last year. The new project in Chamarajanagar appears to be an extension of his already established venture in Dharwad.