Mumbai
Arjun, the left-handed young fast bowler and son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, was inducted into the Mumbai senior squad for the first time on Saturday and the 22-man squad has been selected for the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy. This was confirmed by Salil Ankola, the chief selector of the Mumbai team.

Apart from Arjun, fast bowler Kritik H has also been included in the team. An MCA official said, “Earlier the BCCI had asked to select a 20-member team but later said that 22 members could be selected.”

Arjun has been selected in the senior team for the first time. Prior to this, he has been playing tournaments for Mumbai in various age groups. He has been bowling on the net to the Indian team and has also been in India’s Under 19 team visiting Sri Lanka. Mumbai captain is Suryakumar Yadav and in the tournament starting on January 10, Mumbai has to play all the matches on the home ground.