India’s left-arm pacer T Natarajan, on Wednesday (December 15), announced that he was setting up a new cricket ground in his village with all the facilities, He hails from Chinnappampatti, Tamil Nadu, and that the ground would be known as the "Natarajan Cricket Ground".
On Wednesday, Natarajan took to Twitter to announce the setting up of a new cricket ground with all the facilities in Chinnappampatti while mentioning his dream debut for India last year.
The pacer tweeted: “Happy to Announce that am setting up a new cricket ground with all the facilities in my village, Will be named as *NATARAJAN CRICKET GROUND(NCG)❤️ *#DreamsDoComeTrue????Last year December I Made my debut for India, This year (December) am setting up a cricket ground????❤️ #ThankGod”
Notably, Natarajan has had a meteoric rise in his cricket career over the last 12 months – from being a net bowler to making his debut for India in all three formats in Australia.
Hailing from Chinnappampatti, a village near Salem in Tamil Nadu, Natarajan's rise to cricketing fame from a very humble background was one of the most heartwarming cricket stories.
Last year, the 30-year-old was initially selected as a net bowler for the Australia tour after his impressive performance in the IPL 2020, where he picked 16 wickets in 16 matches at an economy rate of 8.02.
He has so far played one test, two ODIs and four T20Is, taking 13 wickets across all formats for India.
