Arjun Tendulkar IPL Debut: At the toss today before Mumbai Indians (MI) take on Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR), MI announced Arjun Tendulkar’s much awaited debut. Arjun’s debut coincidentally comes exactly 10 years after his father the great Sachin Tendulkar retired from IPL. Sara Tendulkar was also seen cheering her brother from the stands as Suryakumar Yadav came in as the stand-in captain at the toss. Surya won the toss and told Ravi Shastri the reason behind Rohit Sharma’s omission was a stomach bug and that he could come in as the impact sub. Follow IPL 2023 LIVE updates with InsideSport.IN
• Rohit Sharma Playing As Impact Player.
• SuryaKumar Yadav Is The Captain.
• Arjun Tendulkar Playing His 1st IPL Match.
• Indian And MI Captain Harmanpreet Kaur Was Present During Toss.
• Sara Tendulkar Is Here .#MIvsKKR pic.twitter.com/h1OPs9XFCP— Sir BoiesX 🕯 (@BoiesX45) April 16, 2023
Why is Rohit Sharma not playing TODAY? Captain finds place only as Impact Sub in MI vs KKR clash at Wankhede, Suryakumar Yadav stand-in skipper – Check details
Arjun Tendulkar makes his debut
Rohit Sharma was missing from the playing XI but was the one who gave Arjun his debut MI cap. A throwback to when Sachin Tendulkar present MI captain Rohit Sharma with his debut Test cap.
Arjun Tendulkar received his cap from Rohit Sharma!#IPL #BCCI #RohitSharma #ArjunTendulkar #Cricket pic.twitter.com/RmN6Ul5XiM
— ScoresNow (@scoresnow_in) April 16, 2023
An eerie coincidence as both father Sachin Tendulkar and son Arjun Tendulkar conceded similar amount of runs in their 1st ever IPL over.
Sachin Tendulkar’s first over in IPL: went for 5 runs for MI against KKR in April 2009
14 Years later – Arjun Tendulkar’s first over in IPL: went for 5 runs for MI against KKR in April 2023
Like Father Like Son
— KhabriBhai (@RealKhabriBhai) April 16, 2023
Former BCCI President and one of his father’s closest friend, Sourav Ganguly wishes Arjun the best.
So happy to see Arjun play for mumbai .. The champion dad must be so proud .. wish him all the best @sachin_rt
— Sourav Ganguly (@SGanguly99) April 16, 2023
After a good first over, Arjun was taken to the cleaners by in form Venkatesh Iyer as he concedes 13 runs from his second over. His figures after two overs are 17 runs conceded with an economy of 8.5.
Match Details
- Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders, IPL 2023 – Match 22
- Date & Time: Sunday, April 16, 7:30 PM IST
- Venue: Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
MI vs KKR: Playing XIs
Mumbai Indians: Ishan Kishan (wk), Cameron Green, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tilak Varma, Nehal Wadhera, Hrithik Shokeen, Riley Meredith, Arshad Khan, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Arjun Tendulkar
Kolkata Knight Riders: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Suyash Sharma, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy
MI vs KKR: LIVE Streaming & Broadcast
The Mumbai Indians vs Kolkata Knight Riders match will be broadcast live on the Star Sports Network in India. The match will streamed live on the Jio Cinema app for free.
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