“He Tells Me To…”: Arjun Tendulkar On Father Sachin’s Advice As He Takes His 1st IPL Wicket | Cricket News

Arjun Tendulkar will endlessly bear in mind the match towards SunRisers Hyderabad within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2023 on Tuesday. For it was the match, when the 23-year-old  Mumbai Indians pacer took his maiden wicket in the elite T20 competitors. His father and cricket nice Sachin Tendulkar was current within the MI dressing room when Arjun scalped the wicket of Bhuvneshwar Kumar within the final over of SRH’s 193-run chase towards MI. Arjun was given the final over with SRH needing 20. Ultimately, MI gained the match by 14 runs. After taking his first wicket, Arjun talked about Sachin’s inputs on his recreation.

“Obviously it was great getting my first IPL wicket. I just had to focus on what was in hand, the plan and executing it. Our plan was just to bowl wide and get the long boundary into play, make the batsman hit it to the longer side,” he mentioned.

“I love bowling, I am happy to bowl anytime the captain asks me to and just stick to the team plan and give my best. We (Sachin Tendulkar and him) talk about cricket, we discuss tactics before the game and he tells me to back what I practise every game. I just focused on my release, bowling good lengths and lines upfront. If it swings, it’s a bonus, if it doesn’t, so be it.”

Talking concerning the recreation, Cameron Green flaunted his brute energy on the way in which to a maiden IPL fifty earlier than Arjun Tendulkar bowled a superb twentieth over in excessive strain as Mumbai Indians defeated Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs for his or her third straight win on Tuesday. Green (64 not out off 40) and Tilak Varma (37 off 17) fired Mumbai Indians to a difficult 192 for 5 after being put in to bat.

With the odd ball not approaching to the bat, it was robust to get the boundaries from the get go however Sunrisers recovered from an extraordinary powerplay to take the sport deep with the assistance of opener Mayank Agarwal (48 off 41) and Heinrich Klaasen (36 off 16).

In the tip, they fell brief and had been all out for 178 in 19.5 overs for his or her third defeat in 5 video games.

While Agarwal acquired some much-needed runs, it was Klaasen’s knock that put Mumbai beneath strain. The South African took the assault to veteran leggie Piyush Chawla, reverse sweeping him for a 4 and 6 in a 21-run over.

Sunrisers wanted 60 off the final 30 balls and Marco Jansen (13 off 6) and Washington Sundar (10 off 6) made the sport fascinating with a string of boundaries earlier than the latter paid the worth for informal operating between the wickets.

Playing his second IPL recreation, Tendulkar once more bowled two overs with the brand new ball earlier than returning to bowl the excessive strain last over with Sunrisers needing 20 runs.

Tendulkar selected to bowl full and vast and was in a position to do the job for his group. He acquired his maiden IPL wicket within the course of.

With PTI inputs