Arjun Tendulkar, son of Sachin Tendulkar, added to Mumbai’s senior squad for first time

BCCI’s permission of naming an prolonged squad to take care of the bio-secured setting, opened the doorways for younger Arjun Tendulkar because the son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar was added to the senior Mumbai squad for the primary time for the upcoming Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy.This was confirmed by the Mumbai workforce’s chief selector Salil Ankola on Saturday.Apart from Arjun, one other pacer, Krutik Hanagavadi, was additionally added to a 22-member squad. “Earlier the BCCI had asked to select 20 players. But later they said that 22 players can be selected in the squad, accordingly the two players were added to the squad,” an MCA official said.Initially Mumbai had named a 20-member squad for Syed Mushtaq Ali T20s however in a while after they got here to know of BCCI’s up to date provisions of permitting extra gamers within the squad, the Mumbai Cricket Association determined so as to add each Arjun and Krutik. BCCI allowed all of the groups to call two additional members within the squad as all of the cricketers will likely be staying inside a bio-bubble, making it troublesome for brand new additions to the squad at the same time as harm replacements. This is the primary time that 21-year-old Arjun has been included in Mumbai’s senior squad. He has been taking part in age-group tournaments for Mumbai and likewise has been a part of the workforce, which performs invitational tournaments. Earlier, the pacer has bowled on the Indian nationwide workforce nets and likewise represented the India U-19 workforce, after they had toured Sri Lanka prior to now. The Mumbai squad is led by flamboyant batsman Suryakumar Yadav and will likely be taking part in all their matches within the state capital. The Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, the nationwide T20 championship, will start from January 10, commencing the delayed 2020-21 home season. Mumbai is positioned in Group E which incorporates Delhi, Haryana, Kerala, Andhra and Puducherry. They play their matches on January 11, 13, 15, 17 & 19. The knockouts will likely be held in Ahmedabad.(With PTI inputs)