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Arjun Tendulkar and Mahela Jayawardene (Source: BCCI/IPL)
Mumbai have been below-par in the ongoing Indian T20 league 2022. With just one win in nine games, they are currently languishing at the bottom of the points table. Besides, they are already out of the race for the playoffs.
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As the five-time champions have nothing to lose, they have the luxury of testing their bench strength, and youngsters in particular. As a matter of fact, several talented individuals like Dewald Brevis, Tilak Varma, Hrtitik Shokeen, and Kumar Kartikeya have already been given chances to feature in the XI. Notably, all of them managed to impress the experts and pundits.
Thus, several people have been waiting to watch Arjun Tendulkar make his Indian T20 league debut for the Mumbai-based franchise. It is to be noted that the all-rounder was purchased by the franchise for INR 30 lakh. Thus, Mumbai's head coach Mahela Jayawardene was recently asked if they plan on giving him a chance. The legend said that it would depend on the team combinations and match-ups.
"Well, I think everyone is the squad is an option. We will see how things go. It is about match-ups and how we can win the matches and our priority is to make sure that we get the right match-ups.
Every game is a confidence thing, we managed to get our first win and it is about stringing wins together and getting the confidence back. It is about putting the best guys in the park. If Arjun is one of them, then we will consider it, yes, but it all depends on the combination that we put out," said Mahela Jayawardene during a media conference.
As Arjun happens to be the son of the legend Sachin Tendulkar, there is a lot of hype around him. People are eager to see if he can live up to the hype. Another important point to be noted is the fact that Mumbai purchased him earlier during the 2021 auction as well. Although Arjun made his Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 Trophy debut last year, he is yet to make his First-Class debut.