New Zealand men’s team skipper in his latest interview to Sports Today spoke about his Sunrisers Hyderabad teammate T Natarajan.
In the interview, he said that he is fortunate to play alongside him. He also added that he is an amazing guy.
“Natarajan is just an amazing guy. What a fantastic IPL tournament he has had. And the opportunities and the doors that opened for him just week by week as he ended up playing the Gabba Test and what a famous victory that was for India.
“You know (this is) just an incredible time in his life and I appreciate, I suppose, to have some involvement just being his team-mate in the last IPL and some of the years before,” Williamson told Sports Today.
“But an amazing story and such a humble guy and a fantastic talent that India has right there. I think also with his age, as well, he has just blossomed and become such a mature cricketers in such a short period of time, without playing a huge amount of cricket.
“I’m fortunate to play with him and it was awesome watching how he played going to Australia and taking up those opportunities as well,” he added.
Natarajan was one of the leading wicket-takers for SRH, had 16 wickets to his name.
He made his debut in T20I squad for Australia after Varun Chakravarthy had an injury. Natarajan did well in the series and then went on to play ODIs, soon, made his debut in the Test cricket as well.
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