Dubai [UAE], November 9 (ANI): Former Indian all-rounder Irfan Pathan congratulated compatriot T Natarajan after the left-arm pacer was selected for India's tour of Australia on Monday.

Spinner Varun Chakravarthy was ruled out of the three-match T20I series against Australia and pacer T Natarajan was named as his replacement, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) announced on Monday.

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Natarajan has become famous for his lethal yorkers in the death overs in the ongoing IPL. The left-arm pacer picked 16 wickets for Sunrisers Hyderabad in the 13th edition of the tournament.

SRH had lost the IPL Qualifier 2 against Delhi Capitals by 17 runs on Sunday to bow out of the competition.

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Irfan congratulated Natarajan for the maiden call-up for the Australia tour and said: "keep working hard."

"Keep working hard, never loose hope is the story of #natarajan Congratulations buddy for your maiden india call," Irfan tweeted.

BCCI has also confirmed that Rohit Sharma will be rested for the white-ball leg of the Australia tour and he will be a part of the Test squad. Earlier on Monday, ANI had reported that Rohit will be flying to Australia for the Test series.

Team India T20I squad: Virat Kohli (Captain), Shikhar Dhawan, Mayank Agarwal, KL Rahul (vice-captain and wicket-keeper), Shreyas Iyer, Manish Pandey, Hardik Pandya, Sanju Samson (wicket-keeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohd. Shami, Navdeep Saini, Deepak Chahar, T Natarajan. (ANI)

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