Released By Mumbai Indians, Arjun Tendulkar Sends Loud Message With Maiden Ranji Trophy 5-For

Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary India batter Sachin Tendulkar, has put Goa in a commanding positions in the direction of 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 obtained the ball rolling with the wicket of Hachang (0) inside the second over of the match. He was on a hattrick after dismissing Obi and Bhavsar off consecutive deliveries inside the twelfth over.

Patil and Ete had been his remaining two scalps sooner than Redkar and Pinto joined the celebration and cleaned Arunachal’s tail.

Arjun’s exploits comes after Mumbai Indians (MI) decided to not retain him for IPL 2025.

In all likelyhood, Arjun will in all probability be part of the IPL 2025 mega public sale.

Arjun warmed up for the current course of first-class season with a match-winning nine-wicket haul in Goa’s innings and 189-run victory over hosts Karnataka inside the Dr (Capt) Okay Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament, which is commonly often called KSCA Invitational, a pre-season meet for state teams. 

KSCA XI comprised largely their U-19 and U-23 players with solely two established names — Nikin Jose and glovesman Sharath Srinivas — inside the collaborating in XI.

The legendary Sachin Tendulkar’s son had a match haul of 9 for 87 in 26.3 overs all through two innings. In 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 powerful 413 as Abhinav Tejrana (109) scored 100 and Manthan Khutkar contributed 69.

In the second innings, KSCA XI had been a shade greater, being shot out for 121 in 30.4 overs with Arjun grabbing 4 for 46 in 13.3 overs.

(With PTI Inputs)