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Arjun Tendulkar
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Tendulkar in 2013
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-fast
Role Bowler
Relations Sachin Tendulkar (father)
Ramesh Tendulkar (grandfather)
Domestic team information
Years Team
2020/21–2022 Mumbai cricket team
2022 – present Goa cricket team
Career statistics
Competition T20
Matches 6
Runs scored 5
Batting average 2.50
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 3
Balls bowled 120
Wickets 8
Bowling average 16.12
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 4/10
Catches/stumpings 0/–
Source: Cricinfo, 17 October 2022

Arjun Sachin Tendulkar (born 24 September 1999) is an Indian cricketer from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is son of former cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. He is a left-handed medium fast bowler and left-handed lower order batsman. He plays for Goa cricket team.

He had played for Mumbai cricket team and its junior teams. From 2021, he is with Mumbai Indians franchise but did not play any match as of 2022 season.

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 runs, in 3 overs.

Mumbai Indians (MI) 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 cricket team ahead of the domestic season. He is playing for them in 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.

Personal life

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 from business family, 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.

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