Chennai: Around 5,000 people turned up to receive one of India’s latest bowling sensation, T. Natarajan, and took him in a horse-drawn tastefully-decorated chariot for two kilometres in his native village Chinnappampatti in Salem district on Thursday.
Left-arm pacer Natarajan made his India debut in all three formats during the recent tour of Australia, and played a role in India’s three-wicket win in the fourth and final Test in Brisbane on his debut.
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Natarajan, who picked three wickets for 78 runs in the first innings to help India win the match — and the series 2-1 — was taken on a horse-drawn chariot for about two kilometres.