‘Sachin had tears in his eyes’: Ian Bishop finds the interior tale of Arjun Tendulkar’s IPL debut

Arjun Tendulkar was once roped in via the Mumbai Indians (MI) franchise within the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2022 mega public sale however needed to wait slightly an extended to make it to the taking part in XI of the workforce. After sweating arduous within the nets of the MI camp, The junior Tendulkar was once after all given a possibility within the sixteenth version of the IPL when the Mumbai-based workforce confronted Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) on the Wankhede Stadium.

Mythical Indian cricketer and Arjun’s father Sachin Tendulkar couldn’t keep an eye on his feelings and broke down into tears upon his son’s debut, printed Ian Bishop whilst commentating all the way through the MI as opposed to Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) conflict. Bishop additionally instructed how Sachin talked in regards to the similarity between his and son Arjun’s debut with a ground supervisor. Significantly, Sachin and Arjun additionally was the primary father-son duo to play IPL after the latter’s debut.

“The ground supervisor had a phrase with Sachin, I received’t name out his identify, the ground supervisor, he discussed that he cherished the truth that Arjun is now taking part in within the IPL. Sachin had tears in his eyes. And he stated, you already know once I bowled the primary time within the IPL, my first over went for 5. Arjun’s first over went for 5 as smartly. So Sachin had that during his thoughts all through,” stated Bishop on air.

Arjun’s maiden wicket of the league got here within the type of Bhuvneshwar Kumar all the way through the tournament in opposition to SRH. The 23-year-old bowled exceptionally smartly within the contest and defended 20 runs off the final over to lead MI to victory. The efficiency via Arjun was once hailed via many veteran cricketers.

Former India cricketer Ravi Shastri additionally praised Arjun within the post-match presentation however in a cheeky method. He greeted Arjun via announcing, “you’ve long gone one up on Sachin”, reminding him that his father by no means picked a wicket in IPL. Alternatively, Arjun replied modestly and stated: “Clearly it was once nice getting my first IPL wicket. I simply had to concentrate on what was once in hand, the plan and executing it.”