IPL 2022: Ravi Shastri Says India "Really Missed" him in T20 World Cup

Calling him "a specialist death bowler "

Former coach Ravi Shastri has hailed T Natarajan as a death bowling specialist, saying the Indian team missed him in T20 World Cup debacle in UAE

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Natarajan, who came to limelight in India's historic Test series win Down Under in early 2021, suffered a knee injury

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He missed most part of the year before making a comeback in Sunrisers Hyderabad's second match of the IPL-15 here on Monday.

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Shastri said

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