Tamil Nadu’s left-arm fast-bowler Thangarasu Natarajan has become the latest success story of the Indian Premier League. Known for his ability to bowl yorkers at will, the fast bowler shot to limelight after his exceptional bowling at the death overs in the Tamil Nadu Premier League.

The 25-year old had already created a lot of buzz among the cricket fraternity with his exploits in the domestic circuit and as expected, his name garnered a lot of attention during the IPL auction. The fast-bowler, whose base price was Rs 10 lakhs, was sold to Kings XI Punjab for a whopping Rs 3 Crore after the Punjab-based outfit saw off fierce competition from Rising Pune Supergiants and Sunrisers Hyderabad.

The player, meanwhile,is still finding his feet in the domestic circuit and it is safe to say that fans still do not know much about him. So here are 10 facts about Natarajan that might help the fans to know him a little bit better.

Natarajan, who grew up in Chinnappampatti, 36 km off Salem, had a difficult childhood. He is the eldest of five siblings.
His father is a daily wage worker in a saree manufacturing unit while his mother sells snacks at a small roadside shop.
Till he was 20, the Tamil Nadu pacer played only with tennis ball and had not represented either school or college in the game, and had not even seen a proper cricket ground.
With his cricket career looking directionless, he finally took it seriously and moved to Chennai and first played in the Tamil Nadu Cricket Association (TNCA) fourth division league representing BSNL in 2010-11.
Within two years, he began playing in TNCA first division league. He played for Vijay in 2012-13 before before moving to Jolly Rovers a year later.
Three years later, he made his Ranji debut against Bengal at the Eden Gardens.
With everything going so well in his life, the bowler suffered a huge blow when he was reported for a suspect action. But he remodeled his action soon and returned to game stronger than ever.
He grabbed the attention of the cricket fraternity after bowling six yorkers in a Super Over against Tuti Patriots during the inaugural season of the Tamil Nadu Premier League.
He was a vital part of Tamil Nadu’s bowling department in the last edition of Ranji Trophy, taking 27 wickets in nine matches.