New Delhi: Mumbai Indians beat Sunrisers Hyderabad by 14 runs, courtesy of Cameron Green scoring 64* off 40 and picking up a wicket. Meanwhile, another hero of the game was youngster Arjun Tendulkar who picked his maiden IPL wicket and also defended 20 runs in the last over. As he dismissed Bhuvneshwar Kumar in the 20th over, netizens came up with an interesting trivia involving Arjun’s father, Sachin Tendulkar.
In 2009, Bhuvneshwar Kumar became the first and the only bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in Ranji Trophy. 14 years later, his son Arjun Tendulkar picked Bhuvneshwar Kumar as his first IPL wicket. Coincidently, both incidents occurred in Hyderabad.
2009
Bhuvneshwar Kumar is the only bowler to dismiss Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in Ranji Trophy.2023
Arjun Tendulkar dismisses Bhuvneshwar Kumar as his first IPL wicket.Cricket, we will ❤️ you forever and ever.pic.twitter.com/XSpRdm9cRp
— North Stand Gang – Wankhede (@NorthStandGang) April 18, 2023
Young Bhuvi was on fire when he got Tendulkar’s inside edge and Shivakant Shukla took a diving catch at short mid-wicket. In the MI vs SRH game, Arjun bowled a yorker and Bhuvneshwar landed the ball into the hands of Rohit Sharma on the extra cover and SRH was dismissed for 178.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar got Sachin Tendulkar for a duck in the final of the 2008/09 Ranji Trophy
Now Arjun Tendulkar got his debut wicket as Bhuvneshwar Kumar for #MumbaiIndianshttps://t.co/rOSYpILKtQ
Congratulations #ArjunTendulkar #MIvsSRH #SRHvsMI
— ANURAAG ॐ SHARMA ?? (@7ANURAGSHARMA) April 18, 2023
Arjun Tendulkar ended up with the figures of 2.5-0.18-1 in his second IPL game.
In the match, Rohit Sharma and Ishan Kishan provided a start to MI with their knocks of 28 off 18 and 38 off 31 respectively. Cameron Green, coming at number 3, stood till the end to ensure a good total, while Tilak Varma made a crucial contribution of 37 off 17. Marco Jensen picked two wickets while Bhuvneshwar and T Natarajan picked one each.
For SRH, Mayank Agarwal played an anchor role with 48 off 41 while Henrich Klaasen was critical with his 36 off 16. The home team failed to get a good finish and eventually lost the game.
