Arjun Tendulkar breaks into Mumbai senior squad for first time

Arjun Tendulkar, Sachin Tendulkar’s 21-year-old son, a left-arm pacer, has made it to the senior Mumbai squad for the primary time. He has been named within the 22-member squad named for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
Tendulkar has performed for varied age-group groups earlier than. He has additionally bowled on the Indian nationwide group nets and has additionally represented the Indian U-19 group.
The Mumbai squad is led by Suryakumar Yadav and might be enjoying all their matches within the state capital.
Dhawal Kulkarni and Tushar Deshpande will spearhead the tempo bowling assault. Atharva Ankolekar and Shams Mulani will head the spin division.
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“Earlier the BCCI had asked to select 20 players. But later they said that 22 players can be selected in the squad, accordingly the two players were added to the squad,” an MCA official acknowledged in response to PTI.

Mumbai is positioned in Group E which incorporates Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Andhra and Puducherry. They play their matches on January 11, 13, 15, 17 & 19. The knockouts might be held in Ahmedabad.
Mumbai squad: Suryakumar Yadav (captain), Aditya Tare (vice-captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Sarfaraz Khan, Siddhesh Lad, Shivam Dube, Shubham Ranjane, Sujit Nayak, Sairaj Patil, Tushar Deshpande, Dhawal Kulkarni, Minad Manjrekar, Prathamesh Dake, Atharva Ankolekar, Shashank Attarde, Shams Mulani, Hardik Tamore, Akash Parkar, Sufiyan Shaikh, Kruthik Hanagavadi, Arjun Tendulkar
(With PTI inputs)