Mumbai Indians youngster Arjun Tendulkar took his first wicket in front of his home crowd at Wankhede Stadium on Saturday against the Punjab Kings in the 2023 Indian Premier League (IPL), which was also desirable. I ended up with no record. Arjun conceded 31 runs in his 16 overs, making him his second most expensive over by an MI bowler in the IPL. Daniel Sams finished first in 2022 against Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) as he allowed 35 runs. 3rd place is tied for Pawansuyar vs. Royal Challengers Bangalore (2014), Alzari Joseph vs. Rajasthan Royals (2019) and Mitchell McLennahan vs. PBKS (2017) with his 3 players each tied. 28 runs allowed.
Arjun’s over proved gamechanging in Saturday’s contest as it turned the momentum in favor of the Punjab Kings. PBKS got off to a excellent start despite losing Matthew Short (11) quite early on in the inning. The talented duo of Indian youngster Prabhsimran Singh and his Atharva Taide landed a nice shot of him and kept the PBKS scoreboard moving. PBKS went over 50 runs in 5.3 overs. At the end o the Powerplay ( 6 overs) PBKS had scored 58 runs for the loss of 1 with. The highest scorer was Prabhsimran Sing (25).
However, Mumbai orchestrated an end for Punjab at middle over when Arjun Tendulkar came forward and took the first wicket in front of the home crowd. The young pacer stopped Prabhusimran Singh (25) at the yoke just ahead of the stump. Piyush Chawla soon followed to give MI control of the game. Atharva Taide was sacked by Chawla with a score of 29 (17).
PBKS he was able to score 83/4 in 10 overs and Sam Karan (0) and Harpreet Simbatiah (1) were unbeaten at Creese.
Sam Curran and Harpreet launched a counterattack as PBKS calmly crossed the 100-run mark in 13.4 overs.
Karan and Harpreet chose youngster Arjun Tendulkar as their target for the 16th over. Arjun overs he conceded six limits and in the end he conceded 31 runs, allowing PBKS to target over 200 in total. Both batsmen showed confidence in their batting and the MI bowlers began licking runs across the field. This became the turning point for the whole game.
