[1] Muruthi had made significant contributions to cricket in Singapore: He holds the record for playing 45 consecutive years in the Singapore Cricket Association (SCA) league since 1968, at the age of 60.
Muruthi first played for the Combined Schools, a Singapore Cricket Association Division 2 team in 1968.
[3] Muruthi's most notable performance came on 21 February 1973, when playing for a Singapore Selection, he took 4/55 against the Pakistan side in a friendly at the Padang.
One of his four wickets was Pakistan captain and batting ace Majid Khan.
Zaheer Abbas, regarded as one of the finest batsman produced by Pakistan, commented that "Muruthi, once he masters the art of varying his flight and speed can find a place in any country side.