Arjun Tendulkar returned figures of 5/25 as Arunachal Pradesh’s innings folded in 30.3 overs.© X (Twitter)
Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary India batter Sachin Tendulkar, has put Goa in a commanding positions towards Arunachal Pradesh of their Ranji Trophy plate match on Wednesday. Arjun picked his maiden five-wicket haul in First Class cricket as Arunachal Pradesh had been bowled out for 84 on Day 1 by Goa. He returned figures of 5/25, dismissing Neelam Obi, Nabam Hachang, Chinmay Patil, Jay Bhavsar and Moji Ete. The 25-year-old was ably supported by Mohit Redkar (3/15) and Keith Pinto (2/31) as Arunachal Pradesh’s innings folded in 30.3 overs.
Tendulkar bought the ball rolling with the wicket of Hachang (0) within the second over of the match. He was on a hattrick after dismissing Obi and Bhavsar off consecutive deliveries within the twelfth over.
Patil and Ete had been his last two scalps earlier than Redkar and Pinto joined the social gathering and cleaned Arunachal’s tail.
Arjun’s exploits comes after Mumbai Indians (MI) determined to not retain him for IPL 2025.
In all likelyhood, Arjun can be a part of the IPL 2025 mega public sale.
Arjun warmed up for the present process first-class season with a match-winning nine-wicket haul in Goa’s innings and 189-run victory over hosts Karnataka within the Dr (Capt) Okay Thimmappiah Memorial Match, which is also called KSCA Invitational, a pre-season meet for state groups.
KSCA XI comprised principally their U-19 and U-23 gamers with solely two established names — Nikin Jose and glovesman Sharath Srinivas — within the enjoying XI.
The legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s son had a match haul of 9 for 87 in 26.3 overs throughout two innings. Within the first innings, Karnataka folded for 103 in 36.5 overs with Tendulkar junior taking 5/41 in 13 overs.
In reply, Goa posted a stable 413 as Abhinav Tejrana (109) scored 100 and Manthan Khutkar contributed 69.
Within the second innings, KSCA XI had been a shade higher, being shot out for 121 in 30.4 overs with Arjun grabbing 4 for 46 in 13.3 overs.
(With PTI Inputs)
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