T Natarajan attributes Australia success to IPL stint, thanks David Warner & Virat Kohli

After a dream tour of Australia saw him go from net bowler to a star debutante, India's young pace bowling sensation, T Natarajan looks back on his tour with fondness. A breakthrough IPL performance in 2020, saw Natarajan included in  Indian squ travelling to Australia. A spate of injuries to contingent allowed him to make orwise unlikely debuts across formats - an opportunity Natarajan seized with both hands, taking 11 wickets throughout  tour.

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T Natarajan looks back at his Australia tour; credits IPL for performance abro

w a part of SRH's list of retained players for 2021, Natarajan credited IPL with giving him confidence, exposure and skills to make it big at international level. Talking to media after  rousing welcome he received in his hometown of  Chinnappampatti, Tamil Nu, youngster said that his time at IPL played a huge role in his success against dominating Australian batting lineup. Natarajan has been a part of league for four years and in his own words, communication and tips he has taken from players and coaches - both international and Indian - have been invaluable to his success

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He also talked about how he felt going up against his IPL team captain, David Warner, saying: "He has tweeted about me and said he feels proud about me. He has captained me at Sunrisers and during a match, he told me that I'm very lucky and told me everything has happened after my daughter was born. He has h se friendly and emotional chats with me". Natarajan missed birth of his daughter, who was born during IPL playoffs, but said that "for my wife and my family, me representing country gave m greater happiness." He will next be seen during India vs England ODI and T20I series in February. 

27-year-old also talked about pressures of making his international debut in such conditions, ding that captain Virat Kohli's decision to hand him trophy after India's T20I victory followed by Ajinkya Rahane's decision to hand him Border-Gavaskar trophy moved him to tears. "I didn't expect Virat Kohli to come over and hand trophy to me; I was just standing on side. Kann Kalangitten [I teared up]. When a legend like Kohli came in and gave trophy over to me it was a great feeling - I can't describe it", he concluded.

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SRH list of retained players 2021

David Warner, Manish Pandey, Kane Williamson, Jonny Bairstow, Wriddhiman Saha, Shreevats Goswami, Priyam Garg, Virat Singh, Rashid Khan, Vijay Shankar, Mohamm Nabi, Abhishek Sharma, Mitchell Marsh, Jason Holder, Abdul Sam, T Natarajan, Khaleel Ahmed, Sandeep Sharma, Basil Thampi, Shahbaz Neem, Siddharth Kaul, Bhuvneshwar Kumar

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Im Credits: T Natarajan Twitter