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| Born | 24 September 1999 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Left-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Left-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Bowler | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2020/21 | Mumbai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2021–present | Mumbai Indians | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2022/23–2024/25 | Goa | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 29 November 2024 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arjun 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 fast medium bowler and left-handed lower-order batsman. He plays for Goa in domestic cricket,[2][3] 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,[4] and made his debut with them in 2023.[5]
Tendulkar was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Anjali Tendulkar and former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar in 1999. He has an elder sister, Sara Tendulkar.[6]
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.[7]
His under-19 debut for India was against Sri Lanka in 2018.[8] He made his T20 debut on 15 January 2021, for Mumbai in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Haryana.[9] On debut, he took 1/34 in his three overs.[2]
Mumbai Indians brought him in auction ahead of the 2021 IPL.[10][11] 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.[12] However, he was later ruled out of the 2021 IPL due to injury.[13] In February 2022, he was once again brought by the MI.[14] In August 2022, he quit Mumbai to join Goa ahead of the domestic season. He played for them in 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.[3]
On 13 December 2022, Tendulkar made his first-class debut while playing against Rajasthan in the Ranji Trophy. He scored his maiden century hitting 120 off 207 balls in the first innings.[15][16] He made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians on 16 April 2023 against the Kolkata Knight Riders.[17] He claimed his first IPL wicket in a match against Sunrisers Hyderabad by dismissing Bhuvneshwar Kumar.[18]
Standing at 6ft 3inch, the 18 year old Arjun is a left arm fast bowler and a handy lower middle order batsman.
Sachin Tendulkar revealed his wife Anjali decided to sacrifice her fledgling career as a pediatrician to make sure the batting great found success in the sport. Sachin Tendulkar married his girlfriend Anjali in 1995, just 6 years after making his international debut.
Mehta's family, the Lancasters, who hailed from Worcestershire, near Birmingham -- she is the daughter of a chartered accountant turned businessman and has three elder siblings -- were not enthralled with this plan that would take their daughter halfway around the world.