Arjun Tendulkar was as soon as once more dropped from the Goa cricket crew within the ongoing Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy following a collection 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 capable of 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 received 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 manner issues panned out for them within the IPL mega public sale in Jeddah and mentioned the franchise has “discovered the correct mix” of gamers.
The star all-rounder mentioned that they had a transparent plan of getting a mix of youth and skilled gamers.
“I used to be in contact with the desk as effectively, precisely who we’re going for, and I feel we got here out fairly effectively from the public sale and the way the crew is wanting,” he mentioned in an MI video posted on social media.
“We’ve got discovered the correct mix, which is skilled gamers, like Boulty (Trent Boult) is again, Deepak Chahar, who has been round, and on the identical time, younger weapons like Will Jacks, Robin Minz and Rickelton, who’re recent.
“So, I feel we’ve got finished fairly effectively. We’ve got coated all of the bases.” Explaining the public sale dynamics, Pandya admitted that whereas the whole course of is thrilling, you will need to hold the feelings in examine, particularly whereas going for a selected participant the crew desperately wants.
“The public sale dynamics are at all times difficult. If you end up watching it reside, it is vitally 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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