T Natarajan records his career-best IPL figures: Key stats
T Natarajan took a four-wicket haul as Sunrisers Hyderabad beat Delhi Capitals in Match 35 of the 2024 Indian Premier League season at the Arun Jaitley Stadium. The left-arm pacer conceded just 19 runs (four overs) in a high-scoring encounter. SRH successfully defended 266 and won by 67 runs. Natarajan helped SRH bowl the Capitals out for 199. He recorded his career-best IPL figures.
SRH beat DC in another run-fest
DC invited SRH to bat before Travis Head and Abhishek Sharma added 131 runs in no time. Kuldeep Yadav provided DC quick breakthroughs but to no avail. SRH compiled 266/7, riding on Shahbaz Ahmed's 59*. DC started well but lost David Warner and Prithvi Shaw early. Jake Fraser-McGurk and Abhishek Porel helped DC cross 100 inside 10 overs. DC perished with SRH's concerted effort.
Natarajan takes four, bowls a maiden
Mayank Markande and Nitish Reddy turned the match in SRH's favor after breaking the Jake-Abhishek stand. T Natarajan, who surprisingly bowled a maiden over in a high-scoring encounter, cleaned up DC's tail. He dismissed Lalit Yadav (166/6) before removing Axar Patel, Anrich Nortje, and Kuldeep in his final over. The left-arm seamer conceded just 19 runs in four overs.
Natarajan takes his maiden IPL four-fer
As mentioned, Natarajan snapped up his career-best bowling figures in the IPL. In fact, this was his IPL career's maiden four-wicket haul. The left-arm medium-pacer, who hails from Tamil Nadu, now has 58 wickets from 52 IPL games at 28.86. His economy rate reads 8.74. Natarajan owns 10 wickets in five games at 17.00 in the ongoing season.
Third-most IPL wickets for SRH
Natarajan has become the third-highest wicket-taker for SRH in the IPL, breaking a tie with Siddarth Kaul (52). The former, with 56 scalps at 27.83, is now only behind Bhuvneshwar Kumar (150) and Rashid Khan (93) in this regard.
