Tamil Nadu pacer Thangarasu Natarajan made his Test debut against Australia in the fourth Test at Brisbane that began on Friday, January 15.
He became the 300th cricketer to represent India in Test cricket. He had earlier made his ODI and T20I debuts on the same tour as well, on 2 December 2020 and 4 December 2020 respectively.
By doing this, he became the first-ever Indian cricketer to make debuts in all three formats of the game in the same series. He was handed his first Test cap by Indian bowling coach Bharat Arun before the start of play on Day 1.
The official Twitter handle of the BCCI posted a video of the same with the caption, "The stuff dreams are made of. A perfect treble for @Natarajan_91 as he is presented with #TeamIndia's Test (cap) No. 300. It can't get any better! Natu is now an all-format player. #AUSvIND."
The stuff dreams are made of. A perfect treble for @Natarajan_91 as he is presented with #TeamIndia's Test ???? No. 300. It can't get any better! Natu is now an all-format player. #AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/cLYVBMGfFM
— BCCI (@BCCI) January 14, 2021
ICC also tweeted the same video posted by BCCI with the caption, "Welcome to Test cricket, @Natarajan_91 Thangarasu Natarajan becomes the first Indian player to make his International debut across all three formats during the same tour #AUSvIND"
Welcome to Test cricket, @Natarajan_91 ????
— ICC (@ICC) January 14, 2021
Thangarasu Natarajan becomes the first Indian player to make his International debut across all three formats during the same tour ????#AUSvIND pic.twitter.com/CKltP2uT5w