Overpriced Buy? How Much Did DC Pay To Rope In Forgotten Pacer T Natarajan In Their Squad

Natarajan IPL price [Source: @Im_anshsharma/x.com]

After weeks of speculations, the forgotten Delhi Capitals seamer, T Natarajan finally gets a chance to shine as the pacer was included in the playing XI for a must-win IPL match Vs Sunrisers Hyderabad. Interestingly, with more than half the tournament dusted, Natarajan will make his DC debut.

Natarajan represented SRH for the last 4 seasons, but ahead of the mega auction, the pacer was released by the franchise.

What is T Natarajan's IPL Price?

The Delhi Capitals went hard on buying Natarajan and they drafted him in their squad for a whopping INR 10.75 crore. This was a significant development as Natarajan can be used. in various roles.

However, spending 10.75 crore on an injury prone player looks to be a risky buy and the money could have been used somewhere else. The left-arm pacer was drafted quickly in the Indian side, but his constant injury record took him out of the squad. Similarly, even for SRH, he was injured a lot and hence, spending this much money on Natarajan looks to be a bit overpriced.

Who has he replaced in the playing XI?

Axar Patel, the DC captain decided to replace Mukesh Kumar with T Natarajan. However, while many feel Mukesh has been dropped, he is named in the Impact Players list and with DC bowling second, he could be drafted in the playing XI.

DC playing XI Vs SRH

Faf du Plessis, Abishek Porel, Karun Nair, KL Rahul (wk), Axar Patel (c), Tristan Stubbs, Vipraj Nigam, Mitchell Starc, Dushmantha Chameera, Kuldeep Yadav, T Natarajan

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