Arjun Tendulkar (born 24 September 1999) is an Indian

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er from Mumbai, Maharashtra. He is the son of former cricketer

Sachin Tendulkar Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar (; ; born 24 April 1973) is an Indian former international cricketer who List of India national cricket captains#Men's cricket, captained the Indian national team. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest cricketer ...

and is a left-handed fast medium bowler and left-handed lower-order batsman. He plays for

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in domestic cricket, having previously played for

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and its junior teams. Arjun Tendulkar has been a part of the

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since the

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, and made his debut with them in 2023.

Early life and family

Tendulkar was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra to Anjali Tendulkar and former Indian cricketer

in 1999. He has an elder sister, Sara Tendulkar. His maternal grandparents are Anand Mehta, a Gujarati industrialist, and Annabel Mehta (née Lancaster), an English philanthropist who was awarded the

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for her service to underprivileged communities in Mumbai.

Career

His under-19 debut for India was against Sri Lanka in 2018. He made his T20 debut on 15 January 2021, for Mumbai in the 2020–21 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against

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. On debut, he took 1/34 in his three overs. Mumbai Indians brought him in auction ahead of the 2021 IPL. In September 2021, he was selected in Mumbai's senior squad for the first time. He was included in Mumbai's 22-man Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy squad. However, he was later ruled out of the 2021 IPL due to injury. In February 2022, he was once again brought by the MI. In August 2022, he quit

to join

ahead of the domestic season. He played for them in 2022–23 Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. On 13 December 2022, Tendulkar made his first-class debut while playing against

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in the

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. He scored his maiden century hitting 120 off 207 balls in the first innings. He made his IPL debut for the Mumbai Indians on 16 April 2023 against the

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. He claimed his first IPL wicket in a match against

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by dismissing Bhuvneshwar Kumar.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tendulkar, Arjun 1999 births Living people Indian cricketers 21st-century Indian sportsmen Mumbai cricketers Cricketers from Mumbai Marathi sportspeople Gujarati sportspeople Indian people of English descent Sachin Tendulkar Mumbai Indians cricketers Goa cricketers