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T20 World Cup: Following the announcement of the Indian squad for the upcoming T20 World Cup, people in Tamil Nadu came out in protest over the exclusion of left-arm medium pacer T Natarajan.

Tamil Nadu Minister for Industries TRB Raaja, son of veteran DMK leader TR Baalu, also expressed his anguish after the pacer got snubbed.

Rajaa said that Natarajan not finding a place in the Indian team was unfortunate. "Good to see this being discussed widely! Consistently performing TN athletes have many a time been denied their rightful place by "Delhi" ! This is happening more often now BUT is beyond regimes. This is just how myopically "Delhi" operates in many sports. "Delhi" has MOST of the time turned a blind eye to many immensely talented athletes from the south ! Many Athletes cutting across sports AND ideological bearings KNOW this ! Glad Badri Spoke his mind. Natarajan and our other boys TRULY deserve better," the state industries minister said in a post on social media platform ’X’.