Arjun Tendulkar's four wickets help Mumbai shine

Arjun Tendulkar played a key role in handing Mumbai a win over Assam in Cooch Behar Trophy match at Sharad Pawar Cricket Academy BKC, Mumbai. The 18-year-old registered bowling figures of 4/44 in 15 overs in the second innings to anchor Mumbai to a win by an innings and 154 runs. Last month, Arjun took a five-wicket haul against Madhya Pradesh in the same tournament.

After winning the toss, Mumbai chose to bowl first and dismissed Assam for a paltry 94 with Sidak Singh taking a five-wicket haul. In reply, Mumbai notched up 357 with Varun Lavande scoring a ton. Then, Tendulkar starred with the ball to skittle Assam for 109 runs and set up an innings victory.

From time to time, Arjun has been seen bowling to the world’s biggest players including Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. He was roped in as one of the net bowlers for India before New Zealand ODI in Mumbai. Earlier, he had injured England batsman Jonny Bairstow with yorker during a net session at Lord’s.

About the match

However, there was some resilience from Assam today which came from Sourav Saha who showed resistance and notched up a half-century for his side. Gunjandeka was the second highest scorer for Assam and one of only two players who got into double-figures. In reply, Mumbai tackled the Assam bowling line up with ease and scored 357. Varun Lavande top-scored with 118 while Suved Parkar and Karan Shah smashed a half-century each.

A silver lining for Assam was Mukhtar Hussain’s six wickets when other bowlers struggled to produce fruitful results for the side. The script didn’t really change for Assam in the second innings though because they just managed to put 109 runs on the board. Arjun bagged the wickets of opener Danish Ahmed, Sourav Saha, Gunjandeka and wicket-keeper Akhil Kalita. With this Mumbai brought up seven points.