Arjun Tendulkar, the young pace bowler, and son of Sachin Tendulkar will feature in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. Mumbai has named him in the 22-member squad. This is the first time the youngster will play in the senior team of Mumbai.
Mumbai team’s chief selector Salil Ankola made the announcement on Saturday. Along with Arjun Tendulkar, Mumbai has added Krutik Hanagavadi to the squad. Both these players are peace bowlers and it seems Mumbai wants to bolster their bowling attack. The move is a sensible one considering the frequent injuries pace bowlers are prone to and the limitations to the squad due to the bio-secure bubble.
An MCA official said that earlier the BCCI had asked to select 20 players. But later the board has said that 22 players can be selected in the squad. So accordingly, Mumbai has added the two players to the squad.
Arjun Tendulkar has always remained in the limelight as he is the son of legendary cricketer Sachin. Plenty of fans have followed his cricket journey from the beginning and the youngster has shown plenty of promise.
The 21-year-old cricketer has played age-group cricket for Mumbai. He was also part of India’s U-19 team that toured Sri Lanka. Recently, Arjun bowled at the Indian national team nets and had a go against India’s current crop of international batsmen.
Mumbai has named a strong squad for the Syed Mushtaq Ali tournament. Suryakumar Yadav who set the stage on fire in the IPL a few months back will lead the team. He is in red-hot form and will be the batting mainstay for the team. Other big names in the squad include Aditya Tare, Sarfaraz Khan, Shivam Dube and Dhawal Kulkarni.
Mumbai full 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, A Tendulkar, K Hanagavadi.
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