Aug 18, 2024 02:40 PM IST
Ashwin asserted that the left-arm paceman final performed a first-class match approach again in 2021, which is why he has fallen behind within the pecking order.
Veteran India spinner Ravichandran Ashwin opined on T Natarajan’s absence from the Duleep Trophy squads introduced by the BCCI just lately. The left-arm paceman was one of many performing Indian pacers within the IPL this yr, however his health issues within the final couple of years have put him down within the pecking order. The BCCI picked 4 star-studded squads for the seventeenth version of the Duleep Trophy, which included the likes of KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja and Shubman Gill.
Natarajan made his India debut in 2020 on the Australia tour and was straightaway touted as the subsequent massive factor in Indian cricket. Nonetheless, persistent accidents hampered the progress of profession as he final performed for India in March 2021 in opposition to England.
Nonetheless, Natarajan claimed 19 wickets in IPL 2024 however did not make it to the T20 World Cup squad, which baffled some followers and critics.
Within the 2024 season of TNPL, Natarajan claimed 12 wickets and performed an important position in his crew IDream Tiruppur Tamizhans’ journey to the playoffs.
T Natarajan absent from red-ball cricket since 2021
Ashwin, who performed alongside Natarajan in Tamil Nadu’s home facet, gave his sincere opinion on the left-arm paceman’s exclusion from the Duleep Trophy squad. The ace spinner asserted that Natarajan final performed a first-class match approach again in 2021, which is why he has fallen behind within the pecking order in home white-ball cricket, too.
“I really feel Natarajan is a implausible white-ball bowler. He did properly in IPL this yr. His final first-class match was Australia vs India at Brisbane January fifteenth in 2021. He has not put himself on the park for the final 3 years. He’s damaged down when he is picked and he isn’t performed. We’re backing him rather a lot. I like Natarajan rather a lot. He’s an excellent man. However, only for the sake of it, I will not say it as we speak. If Natarajan performed red-ball cricket and made it to Tamil Nadu, I’ll undoubtedly say that he ought to play there,” Ashwin stated on his YouTube channel.
He has not performed red-ball format since his knee surgical procedure in 2021; he was picked in Tamil Nadu’s squad for the Ranji Trophy however did not get a spot within the enjoying XI all through the season.
