After getting ruled out of the IPL 2021 season over his recurring knee injury, Sunrisers Hyderabad pacer T Natarajan went under the knife on Tuesday.
It is understood that Natarajan had never fully recovered from the knee injury because of heavy workload he endured on the tour of Australia.
SRH had made four changes from the one that played the last game. Apart from Natarajan, Jason Holder, Wriddhiman Saha and Shahbaz Nadeem were also excluded.
MS Dhoni's wicket in IPL 2020 was special for Natarajan as he had earlier told Ravichandran Ashwin in a chat that he wanted to take the wicket of CSK captain.
Natarajan was at the National Cricket Academy in Bengaluru, recovering from a shoulder niggle.
Varun Chakravarthy’s failure to clear fitness tests has ruled him out of the series while Natarajan is racing to be match-ready, making him doubtful for the early part of India’s five-match T20 series against England.
T Natarajan is facing a race against time to be fit for the upcoming T20I series against England.
RS Jaganath Sinivas will take Natarajan's place in the 20-member squad which will leave for Indore on February 13.
The left-handed pacer said he also wanted to play in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Tamil Nadu but Indian cricket board (BCCI) urged him to rest after a gruelling Australia series.
The Tamil Nadu pacer, who shot to fame with IPL 2020, says Test cricket is all about endurance and that's what the team wants to work on.
Warne pointed out during commentary that he had then bowled seven no balls, five of which were off the first ball in his over and all by a big margin, referring it to as "interesting".
Pacer T Natarajan opened his account in the longest format of the game, dismissing Matthew Wade on 45.
Natarajan was given his maiden Test cap in the final match of the four-game series in Brisbane.
Natarajan has become the 300th Test player for India as he makes his maiden appearance in the whites for the country in Brisbane.
T Natarajan was included in the Test squad for the remaining two matches of the ongoing series against Australia.
T Natarajan has been named in India's Test squad for the remainder of Australia vs India Test matches as a replacement to injured Umesh Yadav
The final call on who will play between Shardul and T Natarajan will be taken by the head coach Ravi Shastri, stand-in skipper Ajinkya Rahane and bowling coach Bharathi Arun after reaching Sydney.
Gavaskar took a dig at Kohli, who got permission to leave the tour of Australia to attend the birth of his child, while T Natarajan who became a father during the IPL playoffs is yet to see his daughter.
Gavaskar took a dig at Kohli, who got permission to leave the tour of Australia to attend the birth of his child, while T Natarajan who became a father during the IPL playoffs is yet to see his daughter.
VVS Laxman praised Hardik Pandya for his gesture towards T Natarajan, and also lauded the left-arm bowler for his performances on the Australian tour.
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