After a two year wait, Mumbai Indians’ Arjun Tendulkar made his IPL debut on Sunday. Named in the playing XI for the Indian Premier League match against Kolkata Knight Riders, the 23-year-old all-rounder opened the bowling attack for Mumbai Indians.
He sent down two impressive overs in which he got the ball to move into the right-handed batters early in the innings. He gave away 17 runs without taking a wicket. He was hit for a six and a four by KKR batter Venkatesh Iyer, who went on to complete his maiden IPL century later in the innings.
Following his debut, Arjun and his illustrious father Sachin — spotted during the team’s training session on Saturday ahead of the game and also in the team dugout on Sunday — became the first father-son pair to feature in the 15-year history of IPL, and that too for the same side.
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Sachin played for Mumbai Indians for six years, between 2008 and 2013.
Arjun was picked by the five-time IPL champions for the first time during the 2021 auction at his base price of ₹20 lakh.
While the Wankhede Stadium is the home ground for Arjun and Mumbai Indians, the young cricketer is no longer associated with domestic side Mumbai as he moved to Goa in the second half of 2022 in pursuit of regular playing time in domestic circuit.
(With inputs from PTI)
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