Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun makes his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians in the direction of Kolkata Knight Riders

By India Today Sports Desk: 23-year-old left-arm fast bowler Arjun Tendulkar made his much-anticipated Indian Premier League debut as he was picked for the first time inside the Mumbai Indians participating in XI for his or her important IPL 2023 recreation in the direction of Kolkata Knight Riders on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.

Son of legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar, who may also be the mentor of Mumbai Indians, Arjun Tendulkar was handed the MI cap by Rohit Sharma as he modified Arshad Khan inside the participating in XI. The left-arm pacer was bought by MI inside the IPL 2022 public sale at his base worth of Rs 30 lakh and retained for the IPL 2023. Arjun was first bought by MI on the IPL 2021 public sale at his base worth of Rs 20 lakh.

Notably, Arjun was dominated out of the IPL 2021 season all through the 2nd half of the occasion inside the UAE due to an hurt. He did not play a single recreation all by the season. Arjun was moreover included inside the preliminary Ranji Trophy squad of Mumbai in December last yr as a result of the left-arm pacer was named inside the aspect led by Prithvi Shaw. Arjun, who’s a helpful lower-order batter as properly, frolicked in England in 2019, participating in for MCC Young Cricketers.

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Although he began his cricket occupation in Mumbai, Arjun relocated to Goa for further frequent recreation time and took 12 wickets in seven Ranji Trophy video video games whereas participating in for them. The 23-year-old all-rounder moreover demonstrated his batting abilities, scoring his first first-class century. However, his best effectivity bought right here inside the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the place he took 10 wickets in seven matches.

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana(c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy

Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan(w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav(c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith