Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburb picked up Arjun Tendulkar, the son of Sachin Tendulkar in the auction for Rs 5 Lakhs for the Mumbai T20 League.
Arjun Tendulkar, who recently made his U19 debut in the “unofficial” Test against Sri Lanka, is a budding left-arm pacer and a good batsman down the order. He was included in the all-rounder category for 1 Lakh.
Before the auction, players like Suryakumar Yadav, Akash Parkar (Triumph Knights Mumbai North East), Shivam Dube, Siddhesh Lad (Shivaji Park Lions), Prithvi Shaw (North Mumbai Panthers), Jay Bista and Dhurmil Matkar (SoBo Supersonics), Shubham Ranjane, Tushar Deshpande (Arcs Andheri), Shreyas Iyer, Eknath Kerkar (Namo Bandra Blasters) were retained by the six franchises.
Aditya Tare, Sarfaraz Khan (Eagle Thane Strikers), Dhawal Kulkarni and Shams Mulani (Aakash Tigers Mumbai Western Suburbs) were chosen by the two new franchises in the eight-team affair.
The tournament begins on May 14 at the Wankhede stadium.
