All about the Cricketer Thangarasu Natarajan

NATARAJAN'S RISE - A TRIUMPH OF THE SPIRIT, FROM CHINNAPPAMPATTI TO CANBERRA, IT HAS BEEN A FASCINATING JOURNEY FOR THE YORKER SPECIALIST 

 

BIOGRAPHY

Real Name      :     Thangarasu Natarajan

Nick Name      :     Mustafizur Rahman of Tamilnadu

Parent Name   :     Thangarasu and Shantha

Profession      :      Cricketer ( Bowler )

Date Of Birth   :     27 May 1991

Age               :     29 years

Birth Place      :     Salem, Tamilnadu, India

Zodiac           :     Sign Gemini

Nationality      :     Indian

Religion          :     Hinduism

Marital Status :     Married

Wife Name      :     Pavitra Natarajan

 

PHYSICAL STATS

Height (approx)          :        in centemeter - 175 cm 

                                        in meter - 1.75 m

                                        in feet inches - 5' 9''

Weight (approx)          :       in kilogram - 66 kg

                                        in pound - 146 Ibs

Body measurements     :       Chest - 38 inch

                                        Waist - 30 inch

                                        Biceps - 12 inch 

 

CAREER

First - Class Debut         :      5 January 2015 (for Tamil Nadu) vs Bengal at Eden                                             Gardens, Kolkata

Mentor                         :      Lakshmipathy Balaji (Former Indian Cricketer)

State Teams                 :      Tamil Nadu, Kings XI Punjab

Bowling Style                 :      Left-arm medium

Batting Style                 :      Left hand bat

 

MOST RECENT MATCHES

MATCH                 RUNS    BF   4s  6s  SR   OVERS  MO   RC   WKTS  ECO   EX   

AUS vs INDIA          0        0     0    0    0       4       0    33     1      8.25     2

AUS vs INDIA          0        0     0    0    0       4       0    20     2      5.00     0

INDIA vs AUS          0        0     0    0    0       4       0    30     3      7.30     0

INDIA vs AUS          0        0     0    0    0      10      1    70     2      7.00     5

DC vs SRH              0        0     0    0    0       4       0    32     0      8.00     3

BATTING STATS

GAME TYPE    M  INN  RUNS  BF  NO  AVG    SR   100s  50s   HS   4s   6s  CT  ST  

ODIs              1    0     0     0    0                       0     0            0    0    0   0

T20Is             2    0     0     0    0                       0     0            0    0    0   0  

T20s             40   4     5     10   3   5.00    50.00   0     0     3*   0    0   13   0   

LISTAs          16   3     7     12   3             58.33   0     0     7*   1    0    2   0   

FIRST CLASS  20  22   28    154  8   2.00    18.18   0     0    12    3    0    5    0

BOWLING STATS

GAME TYPE    M   INN   OVERS   RUNS   WKTS   AVG     ECO    BEST  5Ws 10Ws

ODIs               1    1      10         70        2     35.00   7.00    2/70     0     0      

T20Is              2    2       8          50       5     10.00    6.25    3/30    0     0

T20s             40   40    138      1029       40    25.72    7.45    3/4      0     0

LISTAs          16   16    124.3     563       18    31.27    4.52    3/22    0     0

FIRST CLASS  20   33    571.2    1730      64    27.03    3.02    8/84    3     0

FAMILY BACKGROUND

Thangarasu Natarajan was born in Chinnappampatti, a village near Salem in Tamil Nadu. His father S. Thanagarasu, was a weaver working on a powerloom, and his motherShantha runs a fast food stall.Natarajan's family was not financially well-off. Natarajan is the eldest of five siblings, incluing three sisters, Natarjan was always worried about taking care of his family. But cricket has been a savior for the Natarajan family. In November 2020 his wife Pavithra Natarajan gave birth to a baby girl.

HOW NATARAJAN CAME TO CRICKET

Just like every other child, Natarajan took up tennis ball cricket as a hobby. However, one day a well-wisher from his village identified his skill as a bowler and asked Natarajan to try his hand at local competitive cricket. Motivated by the words then Natarajan relocate to Chennai and joined a cricket club in the city.
Natarajan first came into some limelight when he represented the team of BSNL in Tamil Nadu Cricket Association's fourth division league.

Natarajan then played 1st division cricket for Vijay Cricket Club for almost a year. Later, he moved to Jolly Rovers, a popular club that has fielded big names like Ravichandran Ashwin and Murali Vijay. Just after making his Ranji debut in 2015, Natarajan was reported for a suspect action. However, thanks to former Tamil Nadu Players, Sunil subramanian, D. Vasu and M. Venkataramana, for helping Natarajan to rectify his action, thus allowing him an early comeback.

Natarajan's first breakthrough came in 2016 when he represente Dindigul Dragons in the inaugural edition of Tamil Nadu Premier League (TNPL). A sheer case of 'from rags to riches', Natarajan entered the 'Crore Club' in 2007 when he was signed by the Kings XI Punjab or a whopping sum of INR 3 crore.

ACHIEVEMENTS

Natarajan made his first class debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2014-15 Ranji Trophy on 5 January 2015. He made his Twenty20 debut for Tamil Nau in the 2016-17 Inter State Twenty-20 Tournament on 29 January ullthurrai2017.In February 2017, Natarajan was bought by the Kings XI Punjab team for the 2017 Indian Premier League for rupees 3 crore. In January 2018, he was bought by the Sunrisers Hyrabad in the 2018 IPL auction.

Natarajan mae his list A debut for Tamil Nadu in the 2018-19 Vijay Hazare Trophy on 20 September 2018. On 26 October 2020, Natarajan was named as one of four additional bowlers to travel with the India Cricket Team or their tour to Australia. On 9 November 2020, he was added to India's Twenty20 International squad, replacing Varun Chakravarthy who was rule out due to an injury. 

Ahead of the first One Day International (ODI) match, Natarajan was was added to Indias squad as a cover for Navdeep Saini, who was sufffering with a back spasm. Natarajan made his ODI debut for India against Australia on 2 December 2020, taking three wickets for thirty runs. On 30 December 2020, Natarajan was added to India's Test squad ahead of the third match against Australia.