Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun makes his Ranji debut for Goa

Bowling all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, on Tuesday, December 13, made his debut in the Ranji Trophy for Goa in the Elite Group C match against Rajasthan at the Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground in Porvorim.

The left-arm pacer, earlier this year, shifted to Goa after not getting enough chances to play for Mumbai. He has only played seven List A matches and nine T20s for Mumbai and Goa. The match against Rajasthan happened to be his first-class debut as well.

Arjun was also a part of the Mumbai Indians (MI) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), but he didn’t get a chance to play. Mahela Jayawardene, the head coach of MI, said that Arjun needed to improve on certain aspects of his game to make it to a playing XI.

The Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) also gave a



No Objection Certificate (NoC) to Arjun, who applied for the same.

“He wanted to play for Goa in the forthcoming season, so he approached us. We told him to first get a NoC from MCA, which he got today. We will have his fitness and skill test going ahead. Like many players Arjun wanted to play for Goa but a process will be followed before we pick him,” Vipul Phadke, the Goa Cricket Association secretary, was quoted as saying.

As far as the ongoing match is concerned, Goa lost the early wicket of Sumiran Amonkar, who got out to Kamelesh Nagarkoti. Amogh Sunil Desai looked good in his 27 before Arafat Khan accounted for his wicket.

Thereafter, Suyash Prabhudessai and Snehal Suhas Kautahnkar took charge and guided Goa to 84 for the loss of two wickets at lunch.