Natarajan credits Sreenath Aravind for death-overs variations
Cricketer T. Natarajan credits former pacer Sreenath Aravind for helping him refine his death-overs bowling technique. The collaboration focused on technical corrections and the development of a slower bouncer to counter modern batting strategies.
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T. Natarajan’s slower bouncer helped him record his best figures of this TNPL. The iDream Tiruppur Tamizhans left-arm pacer returned two for 24 in four overs against Vida Kovai Kings in Dindigul, dismissing R.S. Ambrish and Shahrukh Khan with the delivery in the death overs.
That delivery is a result of the work he has been putting in with former India and Karnataka left-arm pacer Sreenath Aravind.
“I’ve been working with him for the last three years. I worked with him even before going to the IPL this year. In modern cricket, batters easily start hitting whatever you bowl at the death. It’s very difficult for us to survive with just one type of ball.
“So, I felt that having a slower bouncer would be useful. I have worked on it for two years, and it is better now,” Natarajan said.
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