Once again, after many years, a Tendulkar became the toast of the nation. The senior Tendulkar, Mr. Sachin Tendulkar, hailed as one of the greatest batters to have ever played the game of cricket recently completed his most significant half-century on Sunday. However, it’s Junior Tendulkar, who has been making many headlines these days.
Arjun Tendulkar has caught the attention of world cricket, who ended his long wait for an IPL debut on April 16, at the venue where Sachin played his last international match, donning the jersey for the only IPL team Sachin ever played for — Mumbai Indians.
Arjun has made three appearances for the Mumbai Indians so far in the ongoing edition of the Indian Premier League. In the first match of his career, which was against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) at the Wankhede Stadium, Arjun bowled the first and the third over. He went wicketless and returned with the figures of 2-0-17-0. His role remained the same in the next game as well in a game against Kolkata SunRisers Hyderabad. Arjun gave away 14 runs with the new ball. But during the game, Rohit Sharma gave a big responsibility to Arjun to bowl the final over after he had exhausted his options.
Though, it wasn’t the toughest final over but Arjun impressed everyone with his performance. He also went on to pick up the first wicket of his IPL career. In the third game, Arjun picked up his second wicket, however, he went very expensive as he gave away 31 runs in one over.
Fans Want Arjun Tendulkar To Join CSK
Meanwhile, a video of him is getting viral on the internet, where he can be seen getting teased by the CSK fans during a game before his debut.
Translation of the banter: “Arjun…. Rohit Sharma might not take you to play.. go to Dhoni try CSK(as the commenter is CSK supporter) they will let you play… Karn Sharma (Karan Arjun reference) is playing when will you play? ” – CSK fan
Arjun Tendulkar did get a chance to play after this match and ever since then, there have been no turning backs for the young star.
