Women's National Cricket League, 2025
Advertisement


Born
May 27, 1991 (34 years)
Birth Place
Salem, Tamil Nadu
Role
Bowler
Batting Style
Left-Hand-Bat
Bowling Style
Left-Arm Bowl
Matches
Innings
Runs
Highest Score
Not Out
Strike Rate
50's
100's
200's
Average
Balls
300's
4's
6's
Ducks
Matches
Innings
Wickets
Balls
Runs
Overs
Economy
Maidens
BBI
4W
5W
10W
Hattricks
Average
Strike Rate
India, Tamil Nadu, Kings XI Punjab, Sunrisers Hyderabad, Delhi Capitals
From almost being a coolie to a million dollar baby in the IPL, Natarajan's journey as a cricketer is worth the read. Hailing from the town of Salem, the left arm quickie learnt his basics playing tennis ball cricket. Yorkers bowled with the tennis ball changed to cutters with the seasoned ball but the impact remained the same on the batsman.
Touted as India's Mustafizur Rahman, KXIP picked him up 3 crores for IPL 2017 after his sterling performances in the domestic season and in the first season of TNPL as well. He played in 6 games in his debut IPL season and picked up 2 wickets. That was anti-climactic but was a good learning curve for someone so raw.
Natarajan's early promise was spotted by A Jayaprakash, a division cricketer. Natarajan moved to Chennai and the rest as they say is history. Natarajan missed the 2017-18 season of Ranji season owing to an elbow injury but was still picked up during the 2018 IPL auctions by SRH for 40 lakhs. However, he was benched for the entire season with plenty of experienced campaigners competing for the role..
Advertisement
Advertisement
View More

South Africa Ends India's 13-Match T20 World Cup Unbeaten Streak
in 5 hours

India's Semifinal Hopes Dented in 2026 T20 World Cup
in 3 hours

India's Selection Call: Axar Patel vs. Washington Sundar
in 2 hours

Yousaf Praises Amir's India Criticism After South Africa Defeat
in an hour

Miller Loses Cool After Sundar Complains in T20 World Cup
6 minutes ago
Advertisement