Arjun Tendulkar, the son of batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, registered his best T20 bowling figures during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy T20s for Goa against Hyderabad in Jaipur on Friday, October 14.
Arjun, who shifted his base from Mumbai to Goa in domestic cricket ahead of the season, dismissed four of the top Hyderabad batters as Hyderabad scored 177 for six batting first in the third match of the league stage as well.
The 23-year-old pace bowler, who picked up 2/20 in his previous match, opened the bowling for Goa and gave away only one run in the first over. He followed it up with a wicket-maiden in the third over.
Arjun Tendulkar returned in the death overs and claimed two more wickets before finishing his spell with the dismissal of Tilak Varma, who scored a fifty, in his final over. However, his final figures are – 4-1-10-4. Notably, Goa is placed second in Group B with two wins in as many matches so far as well.
Twitterati reacted to the spell on Arjun Tendulkar:
Arjun Tendulkar: 4-1-10-4 against Hyderabad including the wicket of Tilak Varma.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns) October 14, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar 4 WICKETS! (3.1-1-6-4), Hyderabad 154/5 #GOAvHYD #SyedMushtaqAliT20
— BCCI Domestic (@BCCIdomestic) October 14, 2022
Goa's Arjun Tendulkar with figures of 4 for 10 against Hyderabad at the Mushtaq Ali Trophy.
— Shashank Kishore (@captainshanky) October 14, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar's 4-1-10-4 against Hyderabad at Jaipur today is the first ever instance of a player to take 3 or more wickets while bowling at 3 or lesser economy for Goa in a T20 match.#SyedMushtaqAliTrophy
— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) October 14, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar 4-1-10-4. @sachin_rt will be a pleased father today with this effort. One of the wickets Tilak Verma. @RevSportz
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar) October 14, 2022
Best bowling figures by pacers for Goa in men's T20 cricket :-
5/24 – Heramb Parab vs Karnataka, 2019
4/10 – Arjun Tendulkar vs Hyderabad, today
4/19 – Harshad Gadekar vs Andhra, 2014#SyedMushtaqAliTrophy— Rhitankar Bandyopadhyay (@rhitankar8616) October 14, 2022
What a spell from Arjun Tendulkar in SMAT. His bowling figure (4-1-10-4) again Hyderabad. This is Fantastic bowling by Arjun Tendulkar.
— CricketMAN2 (@ImTanujSingh) October 14, 2022
Jasprit Bumrah, Jofra Archer and Arjun Tendulkar playing for Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023. pic.twitter.com/9LSyOUIqbe
— Koustav Sengupta (@KoustavOfficial) October 14, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar can bowl better than Thampi and unadkat @mipaltan
— DIO (@thebasedguy028) October 14, 2022
Unreal death bowling from Arjun Tendulkar against Hyderabad.
4-1-10-4He is looking much stronger & added some pace as well after training with yograj Singh.#SMAT
— Vishal (@Fanpointofviews) October 14, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar making a strong mark in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Goa. He ends with the figures of 4-1-10-4 against Hyderabad that includes the wicket of Tilak Verma. #SMAT @BCCIdomestic @RevSportz
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) October 14, 2022
For various reasons, he has endured a lot of criticism and ridicule over the years. But Arjun Tendulkar today bowled 4-1-10-4 in a game opposition has scored nearly 8 an over. This deserves appreciation.
I know it’s a one off. I hope he does this regularly.#SMAT2022 pic.twitter.com/RiD7hXxsqW
— Cricketologist (@AMP86793444) October 14, 2022
arjun tendulkar is one of the most aesthetic left arm seamers ive ever seen, im glad that he’s getting the credit he deserves
— t-riser (@techsaturation) October 14, 2022
Arjun Tendulkar gets Tilak Varma for 62 in his final over. Fourth wicket, betters his best bowling figures in T20 cricket from the previous match. #SyedMushtaqAliT20 https://t.co/wpzyJhDlfk
— Lalith Kalidas (@lal__kal) October 14, 2022
Goa go down fighting against Hyderabad
As far as the game is concerned, Arjun Tendulkar’s 4 for 10 from his four overs went in vain as Hyderabad registered a 37-run victory over Goa. The fifties from Tilak Varma and Tanmay Agarwal helped Hyderabad to post a decent total of 177/6 in their allotted overs.
In reply, Goa could only manage 140 as Ravi Teja’s 4 for 20 helped Hyderabad to seal the deal with ease as well. Aditya Kaushik top-scored with 33 off 22 with 4 sixes.
However, Goa will next play against Punjab at Jaipuria Vidyalaya Ground in Jaipur on Sunday, October 16. On the other hand, Hyderabad will take on Tripura at Sawai Mansingh Stadium in Jaipur on the same day as well.
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