IND Vs AUS: Natarajan did amazing, achieved a very special position by taking three wickets in a debut match
IND Vs AUS Brisbane Test: Australian tour is proving very special for Natarajan. Despite being a net bowler, Natarajan got a chance to debut in T20, Test and ODI formats.
IND Vs AUS Brisbane Test: T Natarajan, who went on to become a net bowler on the Australian tour, has made history. Natarajan has become India’s second most successful left arm pacer in terms of taking wickets in a debut match. Apart from this, T Natarajan has also become the first player from India who has made the ODI, T20 and Test in all three formats on the same tour.
Jasprit Bumrah was ruled out of the last Test as T Natarajan got a chance to debut. Apart from Natarajan, Washington Sundar has a chance to debut in the Brisbane Test being played against Australia.
Both Natarajan and Sundar have done wonders in their debut match. Both of them took three wickets justifying their selection and played an important role in Australia’s first innings total of 369 runs.
Natarajan did wonders
Natarajan took three wickets for 78 runs in the first innings of this match. For India, the record for being the best left arm pacer in a debut match is in the name of Rudra Pratap Singh, who took 4 wickets for 89 runs against Pakistan in Faisalabad in 2005-06.
RP Singh left the record of SS Nayalchand taking three wickets for 97 runs while making a debut against Pakistan in Lucknow in the 1952–53 season. Now Natarajan has also overtaken Nayalchand.
