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Australia opening batsman David Warner has heaped praises on his Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) teammate T Natarajan after latter’s impressive show in the recently concluded ODI and T20I series against the hosts. In the white-ball fixtures, first Australia sealed the three-match ODI series 2-1, and then India finished victorious in the T20I series 2-1.
Top-rated performers like skipper Virat Kohli, Shikhar Dhawan, and Hardik Pandya shined for the visiting side in the limited-overs series. Natrajan also marked his grand arrival with a perfect ODI as well as T20I debut𓆏.
The left-arm pacer, who had an excellent season for SRH in IPL 2020, was picked as a net bowler to travel to Australia. But, was included in the T20I squad after Varun Chakravarthy suffered an injury and wa🌜s later also included in the ODI team.
Natarajan made his international debut in the third match of the 50-over series and picke𝐆d up two wickets. He continued the goo🔴d run in the T20I leg and was the highest wicket-taker with six scalps to his name.
Warner congratulated Natarajan for a successful Australia tour
Warner was happy for Natarajan as he shared a heartfelt note🎃 for his IPL tea💛mmate. He congratulated the Tamil Nadu pacer for his accomplishments on his maiden Australia tour.
“Win, lose or draw we respect each other on and off the field. Despite losing the series, I couldn’t not be any happier for this guy @natarajan_jayaprakash such a nice guy and just loves the game so much. From being on the tour as a net bowler to debuting ODI/T20i for India what an achievement buddy well done!” Warner wrote on his official Instagram handle.
It was Warner’s captaincy under which Natarajan groomed into a top-quality bowler in IPL 2020. In the thirteenth season of the cash-rich league, the 29-year-old picked up 16 wickets in as many matches.