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| Arjun Tendulkar's first wicket in IPL: 'What the father couldn't do, the son did' |
The 16th season of the IPL is at its peak and the five-time champion team Mumbai Indians scored a hat-trick of wins last night after losing the first two matches, but the most memorable thing of this match was the last ball on which Arjun Tendulkar took his first wicket in IPL.
While Mumbai Indians and its other players are trending on social media, Arjun Tendulkar, the son of India's famous batsman Sachin Tendulkar, is also trending and his performance is being discussed.
Thus, Arjun Tendulkar made his debut for Mumbai in the last match, but in the match against Sunrisers Hyderabad, he not only bowled impressively in the first two overs but also took a wicket in the last over of the match.
Batting first, Mumbai scored 192 runs thanks to Cameron Green's half-century. In reply, Sunrisers Hyderabad's wickets continued to fall and this team lost the match by 14 runs after being all out in the last over.
This is only the third time in the current IPL that a team has been all out. Earlier in the tournament Delhi Capitals and Royal Challengers Bangalore was all out.
"What the father could not do, the son did"
Experienced Australian fast bowler Jason Behrendorff came in to bowl the 18th over of the match. It was Behrendorff's fourth over. He took two wickets in his first three overs. But in this important over, 18 runs were scored on his balls. Due to this Sunrisers Hyderabad needed only 24 runs to win in the last two overs.
The 19th over of the match was then bowled by 'Player of the Match' Cameron Greene who conceded just four runs. Now 20 runs were needed in the last over to win. Apart from this, eight Hyderabad players were out.
When the 19th over of the match ended, speculation was already rife that Arjun Tendulkar would be allowed to bowl the 20th over. Rohit Sharma tosses the ball toward Arjun.
No run could be scored on the first ball of this over, Abdul Samad was run out on the second ball.
Now it was Hyderabad's last pair on the pitch but Arjun bowled the third ball wide. Ishan Kishan showed agility behind the wicket to save the ball from heading toward the boundary.
When he worked the third ball, two runs were scored. The fourth ball was again a yorker and it hit the pads of Mayank Markande and got a leg-bye run.
Then came the moment for Arjun Tendulkar when he got his first IPL wicket. Former Indian cricketer and coach Ravi Shastri were present on the commentary at that time, who said at that time that 'Tendulkar finally got a wicket in the IPL, what the father could not do, the son did.'
He tried to bowl a yorker again on the fifth ball of the over but he missed by a few inches. The outside edge of veteran Bhuvneshwar Kumar's bat hit the ball and the ball went into the hands of skipper Rohit Sharma at extra cover.
Along with this, Arjun Tendulkar took the first wicket of his IPL career and Mumbai Indians got their third consecutive win this season.
Arjun Tendulkar made his first-class cricket debut last year for the state of Goa.
He scored a century in a match against Rajasthan and also took two wickets which made him in the news.
What did captain Rohit Sharma say about Arjun?
It was captain Rohit Sharma who donned the Mumbai Indians cap to Arjun on his debut match. Rohit also took a catch off his ball on Tuesday. After taking the wicket, he hugged Arjun and praised him after the match.
"Arjun Tendulkar has been with us for three years, he knows what he has to do, and his plans are sound," Rohit said. He keeps things simple, swings the ball early, and bowls accurate yorkers at the end.'
Arjun did not want to eat a boundary in the last over
During the post-match presentation, Arjun Tendulkar said that he did not want boundaries on his balls in the last over.
"It was the best opportunity for me when I got my first wicket," Arjun said. I just worked on the plan, the plan in the last over was not to hit a boundary. As far as the swing is concerned, I only focus on Sam.
His father Sachin also mentioned Arjun Tendulkar in his tweet. Sachin congratulated Mumbai on the win and wrote that 'Finally a Tendulkar got an IPL wicket.'
Arjun Tendulkar was praised on social media but criticized for his speed
Although many people played a role in the win, Arjun Tendulkar remained at the center of the discussion and started trending in the middle of the match.
His name was trending after the match. While some were praising him, some were also found criticizing his ball speed.
Some wrote that Mumbai Indians won. Arjun Tendulkar defended 20 runs in the last over.
Also, some people wrote that 'Why not talk about how much pressure they must have been under?' Bowled two average overs in the first match.
Then suddenly he was handed the ball in the last over of the match with a slog over. Just think how much pressure must have been on them.
Irfan Pathan told how Arjun's speed will increase?
Irfan Pathan has been a left-arm fast bowler. During his commentary, he mentioned what Arjun needs to work on more.
He said that Arjun needs to work on his footwork in the run-up. His a non-bowling batsman and it comes down a bit faster. If it comes down quickly, your body, especially the shoulder force that should be exerted on the run-up is reduced on the ball.'
Irfan said that 'Arjun will have to control his shoulders and also control his non-bowling arm, which will increase his ball speed.'
During the commentary of the match, Irfan Pathan said that 'Arjun is young, he is tall, swings the ball, bowls yorkers, knows how to bat and has the experience of bowling in the nets in front of the Indian batsmen. '
Along with this, Irfan also said that the more opportunities they get and the more they take advantage of them, the more their confidence will increase and they will improve.
It should be noted that in his T20 career before this match, Arjun Tendulkar had played 11 matches and had taken 12 wickets and his economy is 6.68.