Lucknow Super Giants will be hosting the Mumbai Indians on Tuesday at the Ekana Cricket Stadium, Lucknow, for a crucial encounter of the IPL 2023 league phase. The victorious team by the end of the night will be knocking on the door of the playoffs.
Mumbai Indians are placed 3rd in the points table with 14 points in 12 matches while LSG are placed 4th with 13 points in 12 games.
Mumbai Indians have an availability concern as they are unlikely to have Arjun Tendulkar available for today’s game. This is a weird reason for a player to get injured as Arjun Tendulkar was bitten by a dog!
Yes, the 23-year-old seamer revealed to some his friends in the LSG squad when they were shaking his hands in a video that has now gone viral on social media. Although Arjun Tendulkar hasn’t played in the XI for the past three weeks for MI, his being unavailable due to an absurd reason such as this one has also got fans chuckling.
Arjun Tendulkar, who made his IPL debut this season, has been bitten by a dog. When the players were warming up a day before the match, the LSG player Yudhvir Singh asked Arjun Tendulkar, ‘How are you doing brother?’ to which the seamer replied, “A dog bit me, a day before”, while showing his bowling hand.
Here, watch the video of the all-rounder revealing it:
Mumbai se aaya humara dost. 🤝💙 pic.twitter.com/6DlwSRKsNt
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) May 15, 2023
Son of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar had warmed the MI bench for the last two seasons and got to play this year. He mostly bowled 2 overs in the powerplay and rarely came on to bowl later in the innings. In 4 matches, Arjun bowled 9.5 overs, taking 3 wickets for 92 runs.
Squads:
Lucknow Super Giants Squad: Kyle Mayers, Quinton de Kock(w), Prerak Mankad, Marcus Stoinis, Nicholas Pooran, Krunal Pandya(c), Amit Mishra, Yash Thakur, Ravi Bishnoi, Yudhvir Singh Charak, Avesh Khan, Ayush Badoni, Swapnil Singh, Daniel Sams, Deepak Hooda, Arpit Guleria, Krishnappa Gowtham, Mohsin Khan, Karun Nair, Manan Vohra, Mark Wood, Naveen-ul-Haq, Romario Shepherd, Karan Sharma
Mumbai Indians Squad: Ishan Kishan(w), Rohit Sharma(c), Suryakumar Yadav, Nehal Wadhera, Cameron Green, Vishnu Vinod, Tim David, Chris Jordan, Piyush Chawla, Jason Behrendorff, Kumar Kartikeya, Akash Madhwal, Ramandeep Singh, Dewald Brevis, Sandeep Warrier, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Shams Mulani, Arjun Tendulkar, Tilak Varma, Duan Jansen, Arshad Khan, Tristan Stubbs, Raghav Goyal
