VVS Laxman Happy with T Natarajan's Success

Shruti Banerjee

Feb 3, 2021 5:59 PM

|| India Correspondent ||

Team India pacer T Natarajan has impressed everyone with his bowling ever since he has come in the limelight. However, the one who overjoyed with his success was the former India player VVS Laxman. He has seen his rise and played a crucial role in the youngster's life as he brought him to Sunrisers Hyderabad and later saw him grow. However, Laxman is absolutely overjoyed with his recent success while playing for India.

"Good things happen to good people. I feel Natarajan deserves every bit of it. For us, Nattu waited initially because he didn't get an opportunity to play for Sunrisers whereas the start of the camp in Dubai because of the lockdown, we had a 2 weeks camp. Right from that first day in that camp, he was in excellent rhythm which means even during the lockdown, he was working on his fitnesa and even his bowling. He looked in fantastic rhythm while some of the other bowlers were not. And then he got to play for us right from the first match," Laxman said to Boria Majumdar on Sports Today.

"What impressed me the most, which is very important if you have to perform at the highest level is the mental strength and the fortitude which is required. He displayed. Once Bhuvi left us because of an injury, he bowled the tough overs for us and once you do that you're ready and prepared and he got the self belief. Because of that, I felt he got the opportunities, even though he went there as net bowler, he got the opportunities to play the ODI, then the T20Is and the Test match. He was ready for that," he further added.

T Natarajan was one of the players who made his debut in the recent tour and left the mark. Team India thrashed Australia 2-1 in the four-match Test series as well under the captaincy of Ajinkya Rahane. And now, they are ready to take on England in a full-fledged series, starting from February 5.