T Natarajan, a quintessential left-arm pacer for India at present?
E ver since the retirement of one of India's finest left-arm pacers Zaheer Khan, there has always been a question mark about the perfect pacer to step into his shoes. However, selectors have done their best by giving the opportunities to the likes of Jaydev Unadkat, Barinder Sran and even Khaleel Ahmed of late. But none of them were able to make an impact. As we know, left-arm pacers always have a natural angle to right-hand batsmen and if mastered the in-swing art perfectly, they can be lethal at it. We've seen many left-arm pacers who could in-swing into the right handers successfully. Wasim Akram, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson, Trent Boult, etc. Even RP Singh showed immense potential of deceiving the batsmen with his in-swingers in his initial years, before his swing disappeared. When Zaheer lost his place from the team due to fitness issues, youngsters like Irfan Pathan, RP Singh, Ashish Nehra were given opportunities to showcase their talent but Zaheer's impact w