T20 Mumbai League: Arjun Tendulkar Picked For Rs 5 Lakh at Auction: Arjun Tendulkar, son of the cricketing icon, Sachin, was the biggest buy at the T20 Mumbai League auctions as the 19-year-old got picked by Akash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburb for Rs 5 lakh. Sujit Naik was the other player who went for Rs 5 lakh to the Bandra Blasters.
Coming at a base price of Rs 1 lakh, Arjun Tendulkar started a bidding war with several teams trying to claim the 19-year-old left-arm fast bowler. North Mumbai Panthers, a Mumbai T20 franchise, took Arjun Tendulkar’s bid to Rs 5 lakh, but then Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburb and Eagle Thane Strikers were given a chance to exercise the opportunity to match (OTM). Eventually, it was Akash Tigers which bagged him as Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) ad hoc committee member Unmesh Khanvilkar picked a card that belonged to Aakash Tigers.
Arjun, who put up an impressive display in the DY Patil T20 Cup, was rewarded with a selection in Mumbai’s U-23 team for domestic one-day competition. He has earlier featured in Mumbai’s U-14, U-16, and U-19 levels. He also made it to India’s U-19 team last year and featured in a game against Sri Lanka.
Sachin Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of the Mumbai T20 League.
According to the information on the League’s website, each team could retain two players, but the North Mumbai Panthers have hung on to only one player ahead of the May 4 players auction.
Earlier, Prithvi Shaw and Shreyas Iyer were among 11 players who were retained by their respective franchises for the eight-team T20 Mumbai League.
Triumph Knights Mumbai North East, who won the inaugural edition, have retained batsman Suryakumar Yadav and medium pacer Akash Parkar.
Shivaji Park Lions have held on to all-rounder Shivam Dube and Mumbai Ranji skipper Siddhesh Lad.
NaMo Bandra Blasters have kept in-form batsman Iyer, who is currently leading the Delhi Capitals in the Indian Premier League, and wicket-keeper batsman Eknath Kerkar.
SoBo Supersonics have retained Jay Bista and Dhrumil Matkar, while North Mumbai Panthers have held on to only Shaw.
ARCS Andheri has retained all-rounder Shubham Ranjane and medium pacer Tushar Deshpande.
