Mumbai Indians gave another chance for Arjun Tendulkar in the playing XI in his second IPL match against Sunrisers Hyderabad at the Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium in Hyderabad. Arjun showed some variations with the ball and impressed the people who were there to watch him play in the second match for Mumbai Indians.
But Tendulkar Jr. made it to the headlines of social media for another reason as well; it all happened when fans started trolling him after the IPL graphics showed his bowling speed. Subsequently, the fans took to Twitter to mock Arjun’s bowling speed and also compared it with some other names in international cricket.
Here’s how fans reacted:
If Peak Chris Gayle had played against this Arjun Tendulkar, he would have hit 6 sixes against him
— 🇵🇰 Muhammad Noor 🇵🇰 (@Noor_Marriiii) April 18, 2023
Sorry to say, but ye kya speed h bhai😂🙏
Arjun tendulkar’s runup vs bowling speed pic.twitter.com/nzX7CmQ02q
— Subject Kantala (@ifOnlyKewal) April 18, 2023
Arjun Tendulkar pic.twitter.com/ugggL38dZV
— Out Of Context Cricket (@GemsOfCricket_) April 18, 2023
Pichwad se pura zor laga raha
— Subject Kantala (@ifOnlyKewal) April 18, 2023
Don't compare him with World Cup winning player
— Abhishek Shrivastava (@areyAbhii) April 18, 2023
Pace hi sab kuch hoti toh pakistan abhi cricket dominate kar rha hota
— Amraj Singh🇮🇳 (@amraj790) April 18, 2023
Pace does matter
— 🇵🇰 Muhammad Noor 🇵🇰 (@Noor_Marriiii) April 18, 2023
Agar na matter krti toh Rohit Sharma aur KL Rahul 2021 mei saste mei out na hote Shaheen ki ball pe
Arjun tendulkar’s in IPL 2023 be like😅#MIvsSRH #SRHvsMI #IPL2023
— Ashutosh Srivastava 🇮🇳 (@sri_ashutosh08) April 18, 2023
bowling speed Run up pic.twitter.com/HC99Ak8Uz4
Speaking of the action of the match between the Sunrisers and the Mumbai Indians, the young batter Cameron Green smashed an amazing knock of 64 runs off just 40 balls with six boundaries and two sixes to his name. Other than him, wicketkeeper-batter Ishan Kishan and young middle-order batter Tilak Varma scored 38 and 37 runs off just 31 and just 17 balls respectively.
Apart from this skipper Rohit Sharma also played a quick cameo of 28 runs with six boundaries with the wood. On the back of these knocks, the MI piled up a total of 192 runs for the loss of five wickets in the first 20 overs of the game. Marco Jansen scalped two wickets for SRH alongside one wicket each by Bhuvneshwar Kumar and T Natarajan.
While defending the target, the MI bowling attack bundled up the hosts on a total of 178 runs in 19.5 overs to win the match by 14 runs. It was only Mayank Agarwal who played a struggling knock of 48 runs with four boundaries and a six to his name followed by a 36-run knock by Heinrich Klassen off just 16 balls.