Arjun Tendulkar picks maiden FC five-wicket haul for Goa in ongoing Ranjit Trophy 2024-25

Arjun Tendulkar picked wickets of top five Arunachal batters to complete his fifer.

Goa pacer Arjun Tendulkar, son of cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar, showed immense ability in his team’s ongoing Ranji Trophy 2024-25 tournament match against Arunachal Pradesh, as he claimed his maiden First-Class five-wicket haul at the Goa Cricket Association Academy Ground in Porvorim.

Playing his 17^th FC match, Arjun Tendulkar returned impressive figures of 5/25 in 9 overs that included 3 maidens.

Arjun bowled opener Nabam Hachang in the second over of the match, putting Arunachal Pradesh in difficulty right away after they won the toss and chose to bat.

The visitors' predicament worsened when Arjun struck again in quick succession in the 12th over, despite brief resistance from Neelam Obi (22) and Chinmay Patil (3), who attempted to steady the innings.

When Arjun finished taking five wickets, Arunachal was in disarray at 36/5 after 17.1 overs.

Mohit Redkar (3/15) and Keith Pinto (2/31) did the rest of the damage as Arunachal Pradesh was bowled out for 84 runs in their first innings.

Arjun had taken 32 wickets in 16 first-class games prior to this game; his highest total was 4/49. Arjun has demonstrated that he is a competent batsman in addition to being a bowler, amassing 532 runs at an average of 23.13 and recording a century and two half-centuries.

Arjun’s FC century came in his debut Ranji Trophy match for Mumbai, where he emulated his father Sachin Tendulkar, who also had scored a century on his Ranji debut.