Arjun Tendulkar warms up with nine-wicket haul ahead of upcoming domestic season in invitational tourney

Alur: Legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun prepared for the upcoming domestic season with a match-winning 9-wicket haul in Goa’s innings and 189-run win over Karnataka the total way during the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament, also often is called KSCA Invitational.

Arjun finished with match figures of 9/87 in 26.Three overs across two innings. In the first innings, Karnataka folded for 103 in 36.5 overs with Tendulkar junior taking 5/forty-one in 13 overs. In reply, Goa posted a huge 413 as Abhinav Tejrana (109) scored 100 and Manthan Khutkar contributed 69.

KSCA XI comprised mostly their U-19 and U-23 players with handiest two established names — Nikin Jose and glovesman Sharath Srinivas — the total way during the playing XI. In the 2nd innings, KSCA XI were a shade better, being shot out for 121 in 30.Four overs with Arjun grabbing Four for forty six in 13.Three overs.

Arjun, who will turn 25 next week, has thus some distance played 49 competitive games across three formats at senior level and picked Sixty eight wickets. In 13 first-class games, he has taken 21 wickets. Arjun, who before everything started playing for Mumbai, shifted to Goa over the shortage of opportunities in his birth state.

Overall, Arjun played 13 first-class, 15 List-A and 21 T20s in his domestic career. He has also been Mumbai Indians setup the total way during the Indian Premier League, playing five matches. Arjun first came into IPL, when he changed into bought by the five-time champions in 2021 at a base price Rs 20 lakh.

On the other hand, an injury ruled him out of the IPL that year with the franchise bringing Simarjeet Singh as replacement. Mumbai Indians bought him again the following year at a base price of Rs 30 lakh but he neve got a game in that season. At last, Arjun made his IPL debut in 2023 against Kolkata Knight Riders. He got his maiden IPL wicket against Sunrisers Hyderabad, brushing off Bhuvneshwar Kumar and help his team lodge a 14-run win.