Bowling all-rounder Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary Sachin Tendulkar was roped in by five-time champions Mumbai Indians (MI) for Rs 30 lakh in the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega auction on February 13.
The junior Tendulkar had two franchises bid for him the second-last round of IPL auction. Apart from the Mumbai-based franchise, Gujarat Titans (GT) placed one bid for Arjun to raise his stocks from the base price of Rs 20 lakh. There was light banter between the two franchises in the auction hall as MI just responded to the bid immediately with Akash Ambani and Zaheer Khan having a laugh.
Arjun is currently a part of Mumbai’s squad for the upcoming Ranji Trophy 2022 which is scheduled to start from February 16.
The southpaw is yet to make his IPL debut. He was warming the benches in the first phase of IPL 2021. In the second phase of the previous season in United Arab Emirates (UAE), he returned home midway after getting injured. He was replaced by Simarjeet Singh for the remainder of the tournament.
The 22-year-old pacer played for Mumbai in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy 2021. He played in two games and picked up two wickets. He got to bat once and scored three runs against Puducherry.
Mumbai Indians (MI) picks in IPL 2022 auction
Ishan Kishan – Rs 15.25 Crore
Dewald Brevis – Rs 3 Crore
Basil Thampi – Rs 30 Lakh
Murugan Ashwin – Rs 1.60 Crore
Jaydev Unadkat- Rs 1.30 crore
Mayank Markande- Rs 65 lakh
Tilak Varma- Rs 1.70 crore
Sanjay Yadav- Rs 50 lakh
Jofra Archer- Rs 8 crore
Daniel Sams- Rs 2.60 crore
Tymal Mills- Rs 1.50 crore
Tim David- Rs 8.25 crore
Riley Meredith- Rs 1 crore
Anmolpreet Singh- Rs 20 lakh
Ramandeep Singh- Rs 20 lakh
Rahul Buddhi- Rs 20 lakh
Hrithik Shokeen- Rs 20 lakh
Arjun Tendulkar- Rs 30 lakh
