Arjun Tendulkar's Remarkable 9-Wicket Haul Creates Waves in KSCA Invitational Tournament

Arjun Tendulkar, the son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, has been making waves in domestic cricket. The 24-year-old fast bowler, who represents Goa in domestic matches, recently caught everyone's attention with his outstanding performance in the Dr (Capt) K Thimmappiah Memorial Tournament, also known as KSCA Invitational. In a match against Karnataka, playing for the Goa CA XI, Tendulkar showcased his talent by taking a total of nine wickets. His exceptional bowling skills played a key role in leading his team to a resounding victory by an innings and 189 runs. This performance has certainly proven that Arjun has inherited his father's skills and is a promising talent to watch out for in the future of Indian cricket.

Tendulkar returned figures of 5/41 in 13 the first innings as Karnataka were all out for just 103 in 36.5 over. Goa then put up a huge score of 413 with Abhinav Tejrana (109) scoring a century and Manthan Khutkar making 69. Trailing by 310 runs, Karnataka were then all out for 121 in 30.4 overs with Tendulkar returning figures of 4/46 in his 13.3 overs.

While Tendulkar played much of his underage cricket in Mumbai, he could never make it to the first team of the 42-time Ranji Trophy champions. He made his Ranji Trophy debut playing for Goa in the 2022/23 season. Tendulkar played 13 first class matches and took 21 wickets at an average of 45.19.

He has played five matches for the Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL), making him and Sachin the first father-son pair to play in the tournament. Tendulkar made four appearances in 2023 and one in 2024. He got his first wicket while defending 20 runs bowling the last over of a league match against Sunrisers Hyderabad after which his father, who was MI's first captain in the inaugural season of the IPL, joked that "finally a Tendulkar has an IPL wicket".

His captain Rohit Sharma said that Tendulkar was confident about what he wants to do. "Arjun has been a part of this team for the last three years [though he didn't make the XI]. I have seen him grow over the years," he had said.

"We saw in this lead up to the IPL what he was doing; he was bowling fast, nailing those yorkers, and quite clear in his plans as well. Keeping things easy - that's what he is trying to do [for the team]. He is trying to swing the new ball and bowl yorkers at the death," Rohit had further said.