Chennai: Indian left-arm fast bowler T Natarajan has announced that his cricket stadium, Natarajan Cricket Ground, will be opened on June 23 at his hometown Chinnappampatti in Salem district of Tamil Nadu.

Indian wicketkeeper-batsman Dinesh Karthik will be the chief guest at the event. The inauguration of the cricket ground is scheduled at 9.30 am.

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Chennai Super Kings, Chief Executive Officer, Kasi Viswanathan and filmstar Yogi Babu will also be present on the occasion.

Natarajan in a Twitter post on Saturday said, "Extremely delighted to announce the opening of my dream-come-true project 'Natarajan Cricket Ground' on June 23, 2023 at Chinnappampatti, Salem district."

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Natarajan, a fast bowler from Chinnappampatti village, has come up the hard way and has played for India in one Test, two One-Day Internationals and four T20 Internationals.

He is a regular at the Indian Premier League and has represented Sunrisers Hyderabad. In the Tamil Premier League, he plays for Ballsy Trichy.

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