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Arjun Tendulkar
Personal information
Full name
Arjun Sachin Tendulkar
Born (1999-09-24) 24 September 1999 (age 24)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Batting Left-handed
Bowling Left-arm medium
Role Bowler
Relations
Domestic team information
Years Team
2020/21 Mumbai
2021–present Mumbai Indians
2022/23 Goa
Career statistics
Competition FC LA T20
Matches 3 7 13
Runs scored 223 25 33
Batting average 79.77 6.60
100s/50s 1/0 -/- -/-
Top score 120 14* 15
Balls bowled 959 312 239
Wickets 12 8 15
Bowling average 45.58 32.37 19.33
5 wickets in innings 0 0 0
10 wickets in match 0 0 0
Best bowling 3/81 2/32 4/10
Catches/stumpings 0/– 3/– 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 12 January 2023

Arjun Sachin Tendulkar (born 24 September 1999) is an Indian cricketer from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the son of former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and is a left-handed medium bowler and left-handed lower-order batsman. He plays for Goa in domestic cricket, having previously played for Mumbai and its junior teams.

Arjun Tendulkar has been a part of the Indian Premier League franchise Mumbai Indians since the 2021 season, and made his debut with them in 2023.

Early life and family

Arjun Tendulkar was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar and Anjali Tendulkar (née Mehta) in 1999. He has an elder sister, Sara Tendulkar.

His maternal grandparents are Anand Mehta, a Gujarati industrialist, and Annabel Mehta (née Lancaster), an English philanthropist who was awarded the Order of the British Empire for her service to underprivileged communities in Mumbai.

Career

His under-19 debut for India was against Sri Lanka in 2018. He made his T20 debut on 15 January 2021, for Mumbai in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Haryana. On debut, he took 1/34 off three overs.

Mumbai Indians brought him in auction ahead of the 2021 IPL. In September 2021, he was selected in Mumbai's senior squad for the first time. He was included in Mumbai's 22-man Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad. However, he was later ruled out of the 2021 IPL due to injury. In February 2022, he was again brought by the MI, this time in the auction for the IPL 2022 tournament. In August 2022, he quit Mumbai to join Goa ahead of the domestic season. He is playing for them in 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

On 13 December 2022, Tendulkar made his first-class debut while playing against Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy. He scored a maiden century hitting 120 in 207 balls in the first innings. He made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians on 16 April 2023 against the Kolkata Knight Riders. He also claimed his maiden wicket in the tournament by dismissing Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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