By Devadyuti Das | Updated: April 1, 2025 6:06 AM IST
Arjun Tendulkar was bought for Rs 30 lakh by Mumbai Indians at IPL 2025 mega auction last year in Jeddah.
Arjun Tendulkar is son of Indian cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, who scored over 32000 international runs with 100 centuries. Arjun Tendulkar has only managed to scored 13 runs in 5 IPL matches till date.
Arjun Tendulkar has only picked up 3 wickets in his IPL career with an economy-rate of 9.6. MI don't have much faith in Arjun Tendulkar's ability and haven't picked him in the first three matches in IPL 2025.
Ashwani Kumar from Mohali made his IPL 2025 debut against KKR at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. He has played in only 2 first-class and 4 List A matches till date.
Ashwani Kumar picked up 4 wickets on IPL 2025 debut against KKR to set up MI's 8-wicket win - their first of the IPL 2025 season.
MI captain Hardik Pandya has more faith in youngsters like Ashwani Kumar, Vignesh Puthur and Satyanarayan Raju over Arjun Tendulkar.
Chinaman bowler Vignesh Puthur played his first-ever senior match in IPL 2025 against CSK last month and claimed 3 wickets on debut.
Trent Boult has been lead left-arm pacer for MI over Arjun Tendulkar. The New Zealand veteran was bought for Rs 12.5 crore at IPL 2025 mega auction.