Arjun Tendulkar, aka Jr. Tendulkar, Son of Legendary batter Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar has made it to one of the prestigious domestic tournament . Yes, He is selected in the Mumbai team as a pace bowler in Ranji Trophy squad. The Mumbai Cricket Association Selection committee led by former Indian Player Salil Ankola has selected a 20 member brigade for the two opening games of Mumbai against Maharashtra and Delhi from January 13 onwards in Kolkata.
“Arjun (Tendulkar) has been bowling well, unfortunately, he was injured in between but he did well in whatever games he played thereafter. We have picked a team looking at the future of Mumbai cricket.
Unfortunately Tushar Deshpande, our seamer, is injured but it’s a promising team. It’s a mixed team where we have picked players from under-19 and also who have been part of the Mumbai team for a few years.” Ankola told.
“Unfortunately due to the pandemic, red-ball cricket couldn’t take place last year but we have tried to cover all areas. There are a few young players like Prince Badiani, who did well in under 19 for us. We wanted to promote them and see how they do on the big stage. What we have seen is the players coming from under 19 have performed for the senior men team too. We are hopeful that the team will do well going ahead,” Ankola added.
Unfortunately Ranji Cricket Authority could conduct 4 games of Ranji due to COVID-19🦠😷 and bubble issues.
Other names in the squad is Yashasvi jaiswal, Sarfraz Khan, Shivam Dube and others.
The squad selected :- Prithvi Shaw (Captain), Yashasvi Jaiswal, Aakarshit Gomel, Arman Jaffer, Sarfaraz Khan, Sachin Yadav, Aditya Tare (W.K.), Hardik Tamore (W.K.), Shivam Dube, Aman Khan, Shams Mulani, Tanush Kotian, Prashant Solanki, Shashank Attarde, Dhaval Kulkarni, Mohit Awasthi, Prince Badiani, Siddharth Raut, Roystan Dias, Arjun Tendulkar.
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