Arjun Tendulkar - the son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar - picked up his maiden IPL wicket against SRH. The promising young left-arm fast bowler received a compliment from legendary Sunil Gavaskar.
Sachin in a video released by IPL's Twitter said, "It is a different feeling because 2008 was the first season for me and 16 years down the line, he is playing for the same team, not bad."
Sachin has played six IPL seasons, all for Mumbai, where he has scored total 2,334 runs in 78 matches. Sachin has 13 fifties and one hundred under his belt, hitting 29 sixes and 295 fours, with the strike rate of 119.82.
Arjun's debut was one of the most awaited debuts in IPL; considering, he is a son of world most celebrated cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. Mumbai Indians had bought him at 30 lakhs in 2022 IPL auction, however he was the part of the squad but did not play any match. MI had also retained Arjun
In the absence of MI captain Rohit Sharma, who decided to sit out the match with a stomach bug, Suryakumar Yadav will lead the side on to the field. While Arjun Tendulkar will also makes his IPL debut for MI. KKR made no changes to their playing eleven.
Arjun is primarily a fast bowler and moved to Goa from Mumbai at the start of the season for more opportunities to play. Before making this shift, he had represented Mumbai in only two T20 matches.
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], February 12 (ANI): India batter Arjun Tendulkar was bought by Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakhs during the accelerated part of the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction on Sunday.