Tendulkar's name bought by MI, but unexpected pull-out by team

New Delhi (The Uttam Hindu): Mumbai Indians played IPL in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. In the auction of players held for 2025, Arjun Tendulkar was bought for 30 lakh rupees. Apart from Mumbai Indians, no other franchise had bid for Arjun. Arjun was also with Mumbai earlier and he will be seen with Mumbai in the next season as well. There IPL A few days after the auction, Arjun Tendulkar got a big shock. Arjun Tendulkar was dropped from the Goa cricket team in the current Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. The left-arm medium pacer, who is the son of India's legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, was not part of the squad even for the match against Kerala earlier. On Tuesday, a match was played between Goi and Maharashtra and they had to sit out in this match as well.

Arjun has had to bear the brunt of the continuous poor performance. Arjun's start was very bad in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy season and he conceded 48 runs in 4 overs against Mumbai. He could score only 9 runs with the bat, due to which Goa had to face a big defeat. His performance improved slightly in the second match and he conceded just 19 runs in his three over spell but once again failed to pick up a wicket for his team. In the third match against Andhra, he once again failed to take a wicket and conceded 36 runs in a spell of 3.4 overs. Goa are yet to win a single match in the ongoing season and are 6th in Group E points table with four matches lost. At the same time, Mumbai Indians captain Hardik Pandya played IPL in Jeddah. After the mega auction said that the franchise got the right mix of players. Hardik Pandya said that the team has the right mix of young and experienced players.