File photo of Arjun Tendulkar© BCCI
Arjun, the son of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, made it to the South Zone squad led by Mayank Agarwal who will compete in the upcoming Deodhar Trophy interzonal 50-over competition scheduled to be held in Puducherry from July 24. got a look with a few like B Sai Sudharsan who are on standby as they will play the Emerging Asia Cup in Colombo from July 13-23. Tendulkar junior, a fast left-arm medium bowler and a tough lower-order batsman, had made his debut for Mumbai Indians in the latest edition of the Indian Premier League and has been called up by the BCCI for an Emerging all-rounders’ camp in August.
He is a part of the south zone pace attack which consists of Karnataka’s new ball duo consisting of Vidwath Kaverappa and Vyshak Vijaykumar along with V Koushik.
Arjun was the joint highest wicket taker of the Goa team with eight scalps from seven matches.
Normally, in Deodhar Trophy, the best performer of each state gets a look and Arjun, who is a left-arm mermaid, brings variety to the attack.
The team:Mayank Agarwal (captain), Rohan Kunnummal (vice-captain), N Jagadeesan (wicketkeeper), Rohit Rayadu, KB Arun Karthik, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui (wicketkeeper), Washington Sundar, V Kaverappa, V Vyshak, Kaushik V, Mohit Redkar , Sijomon Joseph, Arjun Tendulkar, Sai Kishore.
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