arjun tendulkar in south zone squad for deodhar trophy

Chennai: Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, has been named in the Mayank Agarwal-led South Zone team for the Deodhar Trophy, an inter-zonal 50-over tournament to be held in Puducherry from July 24. B Sai Sudarshan, who will play in the Emerging Asia Cup in Colombo from July 13 to 23, has been named as a standby player. Arjun has played 7 List A matches so far in which he has 8 wickets.

Arjun did IPL debut last season

Arjun, a left-arm fast bowler and lower-order batsman, made his debut for Mumbai Indians in the last season of the Indian Premier League (IPL 2023). The Indian Cricket Board also included him in the Emerging Allrounder’s Camp in August. Apart from Goa’s Arjun, Karnataka’s Vidwat Kavarapa and Vijaykumar Vishak and V Kaushik have found place in South Zone’s pace attack.

Big names in South Zone team too

Apart from Mayank Agarwal, Washington Sundar has also got a place in this team. All-rounder Sundar was a part of the Indian team till the beginning of this year. But he had to be dropped after the return of Ravindra Jadeja. He would like to prove himself in this tournament. At the same time, Devdutt Padikkal is also a part of the team. Till some time ago, Padikkal, who was involved in the race to join Team India, has now fallen far behind in the race.

The team is as follows: Mayank Agarwal (Captain), Rohan Kunnumal, N Jagadishan, Rohit Rayudu, KB Arun Karthik, Devdutt Padikkal, Ricky Bhui, Washington Sundar, Vidwat Kawerapa, Vijaykumar Vishak, Kaushik V, Rohit Redkar, Sijoman Joseph, Arjun Tendulkar and B Sai Kishore.

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