Sri Lanka coach Trevor Bayliss said Muttiah Muralitharan "didn't look great" as the uncertainty over the star off-spinner's fitness to play on in the World Twenty20 deepened here.

After conflicting statements this week from officials in Colombo, who said he was coming home with a tournament-ending groin injury, and the team in the Caribbean, Murali played in Sri Lanka's 57-run Super Eights win over hosts the West Indies here at the Kensington Oval yesterday.