NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar was the very first captain of the Mumbai Indians. In the inaugural version in 2008, Sachin was the icon participant as nicely. His son Arjun was 8 years outdated again then. As a child, he would come to the bottom and cheer and clap for his father and his staff. After the match, the veteran cricketer would typically take his son out onto the bottom.
Sachin performed 78 matches for Mumbai Indians between 2008 and 2013 and scored 2334 runs at a mean of 34.84. He additionally hit one century and 13 half-centuries throughout his six-season keep at MI. He was a part of the primary IPL title win for the blue brigade in 2013.
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IPL 2023: Ishan, Suryakumar lead Mumbai Indians to straightforward win over KKR
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<p>Ishan Kishan (58) and Suryakumar Yadav (43) led the cost as Mumbai Indians handed Kolkata Knight Riders a five-wicket defeat of their Indian Premier League match in Mumbai on Sunday.<br /></p>
<p>The quickest century on this yr’s IPL for Venkatesh Iyer — 104 off 51 balls (6x4s, 9x6s) — went in useless for KKR, who suffered their ninth defeat in 10 matches on the Wankhede Stadium, and an total twenty third in 32 matches towards Mumbai Indians.<br /></p>
<p>The spotlight of Mumbai Indians’ win was not simply their sturdy response with the bat chasing 186, however their key middle-order batter Suryakumar banishing batting woes with a 25-ball 43 laced with 4 fours and three sixes.<br /></p>
<p>Suryakumar additionally stepped as much as lead Mumbai Indians within the sport by which common captain Rohit Sharma performed as an affect substitute owing to a abdomen bug as MI received with 14 balls to spare, ending at 186/5 in 17.4 overs.<br /></p>
<p>Tim David struck an unbeaten 24 off 13 balls with two sixes and a 4 as MI recorded a second successive win whereas chasing.<br /></p>
<p>The platform, nevertheless, was laid early by Kishan and Rohit, who went hammer and tongs from the second over onwards so as to add 65 for the primary wicket in 4.5 overs, attacking the KKR pacers Umesh Yadav and Shardul Thakur particularly.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The first-wicket partnership appeared ominous for KKR who managed to interrupt by, with Umesh Yadav taking a high-quality diving catch at mid-on off Suyash Sharma within the fifth over. Rohit fell for a 13-ball 20 with two sixes and a 4 after serving to MI previous 50-run mark inside 4 overs.<br /></p>
<p>On the opposite finish, Kishan introduced up his fifty in 21 balls with 5 fours and 4 sixes. His cost was stopped by Varun Chakravarthy, with the KKR thriller spinner cleansing up Kishan after a 25-ball 58 with 5 sixes and as many fours.<br /></p>
<p>The rookie leg-spinner Suyash claimed his second wicket within the type of Tilak Varma, within the 14th over, who performed one onto his wickets after a 25-ball 30 (3x4s, 1x6s) having added 60 from 38 balls with Suryakumar for the third wicket.<br /></p>
<p>Earlier within the afternoon, Iyer’s maiden century in IPL powered Kolkata Knight Riders to 185/6. The 28-year-old India and KKR batting all-rounder Iyer waged a lone battle with the bat towards Mumbai Indians, recording his highest rating within the IPL in addition to this season amongst all batters.<br /><br /></p>
<p>Iyer, who hit the ton in 49 balls, bettered the file set by Sunrisers Hyderabad’s Harry Brook a few nights in the past when it comes to quickest century this season, who made 100 from 55 balls towards KKR.<br /></p>
<p>While Iyer, who injured his knee in the beginning of his innings whereas trying a ramp shot off Cameron Green, dominated the Mumbai Indians bowlers, not one of the KKR top-order batter may bother the scorers.<br /></p>
<p>While many of the KKR batters didn’t final lengthy sufficient, Iyer additionally did nicely to attain closely in his 48-run stand for the second wicket with Rahmanullah Gurbaz (8), 50 runs for the fourth wicket with Shardul Thakur (14) and 36 for the fifth wicket with Rinku Singh (18).<br /></p>
<p>Nitish Rana (5) additionally had a sport to overlook with the bat, mistiming one to lengthy on off Shokeen and walked away after exchanging a number of phrases with the spin bowler.<br /><br /></p>
<p>KKR’s newest sensation Rinku fell for a run-a-ball 18 with two fours and all-rounder Andre Russell freed up his arms, scoring his first double-digit complete after three video games to complete on 21 not out from 11 balls (3x4s, 1x6s).<br /></p>
<p>MI handed debut to Arjun Tendulkar who opened the assault and bought the ball to swing again into the KKR right-handers, sending down two largely spectacular overs.<br /><br /></p>
On Sunday, the Wankhede stadium erupted in pleasure. Sachin was not on the sphere, however within the MI dugout and his son Arjun was handed a debut IPL cap by MI and India captain Rohit Sharma.
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Arjun Tendulkar makes IPL debut for Mumbai Indians
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<p>Arjun Tendulkar’s lengthy wait to play for Mumbai Indians within the IPL lastly ended on Sunday when he made his debut towards Kolkata Knight Riders on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. </p>
<p>In the method batting nice Sachin Tendulkar and Arjun turned the primary father-son pair to play within the IPL. </p>
<p>Sachin Tendulkar, who would have been a proud man on Sunday and who’s mentor of the franchise and was within the dugout, performed for MI from 2008 to 2013. </p>
<p>Arjun changed fellow left-arm seamer Arshad Khan within the beginning XI and opened the bowling for MI from the North Stand End. </p>
<p>Arjun bowled two overs and conceded 17 runs within the course of. </p>
<p>Arjun conceded simply 5 runs in his first over and troubled KKR openers Rahmanullah Gurbaz and Narayan Jagadeesan. </p>
<p>Incidentally, Sachin Tendulkar’s first over within the IPL too was towards KKR and it went for 5 runs. </p>
<p>Arjun was handed the MI cap by Rohit Sharma, who was the affect participant within the sport skippered by Suryakumar Yadav. </p>
<p>Arjun needed to wait for 2 seasons earlier than he may take his IPL bow. </p>
<p>Arjun was purchased within the 2021 public sale for Rs 20 lakh earlier than he was retained within the 2022 mega public sale for Rs 30 lakh. </p>
<p>At the beginning of the 2022-23 home season, Arjun had stop Mumbai and moved to Goa in search of extra game-time.</p>
<p>Arjun scored his maiden First-Class century on his Ranji debut towards Rajasthan, emulating dad Sachin, who had scored a ton towards Gujarat in 1988. </p>
Emotions had been excessive within the MI camp, particularly for father Sachin who was visibly proud and was seen clapping and cheering for his 23-year-old son Arjun who was making his method to the center and opening the bowling assault for the Mumbai Indians vs KKR.
MI vs KKR Highlights 2023: Ishan, Suryakumar information Mumbai Indians to five-wicket win over Kolkata Knight Riders
“It was a new experience for me as till now I have not gone and watched him (Arjun) play. I just wanted him to have the freedom to go out and express himself and do what he wanted to do. Today also I sat in the dressing room because I didn’t want him to move away from his plans and start looking at the mega screen here and suddenly realise I was watching there,” Sachin was quoted as saying in a video posted by the Mumbai Indians.
Opening the bowling for MI on Sunday vs KKR, the left-arm seamer conceded 17 runs in two overs. He could not take a wicket, however did bother the KKR batters initially.
“It was a great moment, it is a special moment to play for the team I have supported since 2008. It was very nice to get the cap from the captain of MI and Indian cricket team, Rohit Sharma,” Arjun stated.
Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com
