The injured David Warner has said that although the Australian cricket team lost the T20I series 1-2 to India, he in particular was impressed by the performance of a fast pitcher from the Indian team. With Jasprit Bumrah unable to play a single T20I match, and off-roader Ravindra Jadeja with a concussion, India replaced him with speedy pitcher Shardul Thakur. However, even though Thakur showed promise, he was overshadowed by a name that didn’t expect to surprise many, T Natarajan.
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Natarajan has had a wonderful couple of months. After turning heads in the IPL, the left arm rapid was added to the T20I India team for the Australia tour. But a back injury to Navdeep Saini prompted BCCI to add him as cover. In the third ODI, with the series lost, Virat Kohli handed Natarajan her maiden India cap and the fast pitcher did not disappoint, returning 2/70 of her 10 overs.
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But it was the T20Is where Natarajan really made an impression. In three games, Natarajan scooped up six wickets and produced cheap spells, and seeing his performance, Warner, who captained Natarajan on the IPL Sunrisers Hyderabad side, said he couldn’t be happier to see the 29-year-old fast bowler. standing out.
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“Win, lose or draw, we respect each other on and off the field. Despite losing the series, I couldn’t be happier for this guy @natarajan_jayaprakash, such a nice guy and loves the game so much. From being on tour as a bowler to debuting in ODI / T20I for India, what an accomplishment buddy, well done !! Warner tweeted.
In the T20I, Natarajan claimed 3/20, 2/20 and 1/33 in three games. In the first game, he had the dangerous Glenn Maxwell out of LBW and Mitchell Starc on the cheap. In the second game, he represented the grounds of D Arcy Short and Moises Henriques. Again, in the final game, he fired Maxwell after the batter had run to 54 of 26 balls. If Hardik Pandya was the positive with the bat in India’s largest series of limited overs, Natarajan was his find with the ball.
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