Arjun Tendulkar was as soon as once more dropped from the Goa cricket staff within the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy following a sequence of disappointing performances. The left-arm medium pacer, who’s the son of legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, didn’t play the match in opposition to Kerala and he was as soon as once more lacking from the enjoying XI for the sport in opposition to Maharashtra on Tuesday. This was a large blow for the cricketers who was purchased by Mumbai Indians for Rs 30 lakh within the IPL 2025 public sale.
Arjun had a horrible begin to the match as he ended up conceding 48 runs in 4 overs in opposition to Mumbai. With the bat, he was in a position to rating simply 9 runs as Goa slumped to an enormous loss.
Within the second match, his efficiency improved a bit as he conceded simply 19 runs in his three-over spell however he as soon as once more did not take a wicket for his aspect. Within the third match in opposition to Andhra, he as soon as once more took zero wickets and conceded 36 runs in his 3.4 over spell.
Goa haven’t gained a single match within the competitors until now and with 4 defeats in as many matches, they’re on the sixth spot within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy Group E factors desk.
In the meantime, Mumbai Indians skipper Hardik Pandya has expressed his delight on the method issues panned out for them within the IPL mega public sale in Jeddah and mentioned the franchise has “discovered the right combination” of gamers.
The star all-rounder mentioned they’d a transparent plan of getting a mix of youth and skilled gamers.
“I used to be in contact with the desk as nicely, precisely who we’re going for, and I believe we got here out fairly nicely from the public sale and the way the staff is wanting,” he mentioned in an MI video posted on social media.
“We’ve discovered the right combination, which is skilled gamers, like Boulty (Trent Boult) is again, Deepak Chahar, who has been round, and on the similar time, younger weapons like Will Jacks, Robin Minz and Rickelton, who’re contemporary.
“So, I believe we now have carried out fairly nicely. We’ve lined all of the bases.” Explaining the public sale dynamics, Pandya admitted that whereas the whole course of is thrilling, it is very important maintain the feelings in test, particularly whereas going for a selected participant the staff desperately wants.
“The public sale dynamics are at all times difficult. If you find yourself watching it reside, it is rather thrilling, and the feelings are at all times up and down since you need this participant,” he defined.
(With PTI inputs)
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