Arjun Tendulkar, son of batting nice Sachin, made his Indian Premier League (IPL) debut for Mumbai Indians of their residence match towards former champions Kolkata Knight Riders.
The Tendulkars turned the primary father-son duo to play the IPL after Arjun acquired his cap from Mumbai captain Rohit Sharma on Sunday.
With Mumbai electing to subject after profitable the toss, left-arm seamer Arjun opened the assault for Mumbai conceding 5 runs in his first over.
“So happy to see Arjun play for Mumbai .. The champion dad must be so proud .. wish him all the best,” tweeted former India captain Sourav Ganguly.
Arjun conceded 17 runs in his two overs earlier than being taken out of the assault and didn’t end his full quota of 4 overs.
Sachin, worldwide cricket’s most prolific batsman with 100 centuries, performed six seasons with Mumbai Indians and is presently the group mentor.
Arjun, like his father, smashed a century in his first-class debut in December reaching the feat in a Ranji Trophy match towards Rajasthan.
Venkatesh Iyer hammered 104 off 51 balls, the second hundred of this 12 months’s IPL, to assist Kolkata submit 185-6.
This was the second century by a Kolkata batsman within the historical past of IPL, coming 15 years after Brendon McCullum’s 158 not out within the very first match of the league again in 2008.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
