Arjun Tendulkar, all-rounder and son of legendary former batsman Sachin Tendulkar has been included in the Mumbai squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. He was earlier ignored for a place in the 20-member squad announced earlier.
Arjun Tendulkar has finally been included in the Mumbai squad for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The young all-rounder had originally missed the cut after he failed to make an impact during the warm-up fixtures.
Arjun Tendulkar Called Up As BCCI Allows 22 Members In Squad
As per a report in the Mid-Day, BCCI has now allowed the state participating teams to include 22 members in the squad. Hence, the Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) called up Arjun Tendulkar, who can contribute in both the departments of the game by bowling left-arm pace and he bats left-handed, unlike his father. This is Arjun Tendulkar’s maiden call-up to the senior state team who missed out despite being close to selection in the 2018/19 season as well.
In the practice matches, 21-year-old Arjun Tendulkar had scalped four wickets and scored 7 runs in four matches. Even though he hasn’t played senior cricket so far, he has represented India in the Youth Test matches.
The left-arm pacer also has experience of bowling at the Indian team nets. He has bowled against a few English batsmen. During one of the sessions, he had injured England’s opener Jonny Bairstow and forced him to miss a complete practice session.
Arjun Tendulkar In Mumbai Squad Led By Suryakumar Yadav
Talking of the Mumbai squad, senior batsman Suryakumar Yadav who performed consistently in IPL’s last 3 seasons for Mumbai Indians will lead the team in the upcoming T20 tournament. He will be assisted by Aditya Tare, a former Mumbai captain. Young opening batsman Yashasvi Jaiswal, who represented India U-19 at World Cup last year, also made the cut. He was part of Rajasthan Royals in IPL 2020.
Dhawal Kulkarni will lead the pace attack while India all-rounder Shivam Dube is also part of the squad. Mumbai’s Shreyas Iyer is injured during Australia’s limited-overs tour and will be missed this tournament.
Arjun Tendulkar and pacer Kruthik Hanagavadi were the two latest additions to the original 20-man squad which was announced by Mumbai’s new selection panel on December 26. The tournament begins on January 10 will see Mumbai being placed in Group E battling it out with Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Andhra and Pondicherry.
Arjun Tendulkar, who is a left-arm quick and a left-hand batsman, has represented Mumbai Under-19 and India Under-19 in the past but this is the first time he has been picked in the Mumbai senior side. He was first picked for India Under-19 in June 2018 for two four-day matches in Sri Lanka.
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, Arjun Tendulkar, Krutik Hanagavadi.