SMAT: Arjun Tendulkar’s fiery opening spell topples Chandigarh


Arjun Tendulkar and Vasuki Koushik’s fiery opening spells helped Goa register a giant win over Chandigarh within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy on Friday, November 28. Arjun picked up three wickets from his 4 overs, leaving Chandigarh reeling on the Eden Gardens.

The 26-year-old discovered ample motion in Kolkata and terrorized the Chandigarh high order. He exhibited large capability to deliver the ball again into the right-handers, which resulted in each of his wickets on Friday. Arjun struck in his very first over of the match, bowling Chandigarh captain Shivam Bhambri by way of the gate. Later within the 4th over of the match, the younger Tendulkar caught Arjun Azad plumb in entrance of the stumps, decreasing Chandigarh all the way down to 10/4 in simply 3.1 overs.

Arjun returned on the again finish of the innings and scalped yet one more wicket with a searing yorker within the sixteenth over. Arjun bowled quick and full and left Jagjit Singh frozen on the crease, leaving house between his legs by way of which the ball crashed into the stumps.

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Chasing 174 runs within the match, Goa had been bundled out for simply 121 runs in 19 overs, Arjun claimed the ultimate catch of the match off Koushik’s bowling. It was becoming that the duo who dismantled the Chandigarh batting line-up mixed for one final time to say the ultimate wicket of the sport.

Arjun completed his spell with figures of 4-0-17-3. He was one among the many three bowlers from Goa who picked up three wickets within the match. Arjun’s associate with the ball, Vasuki Koushik, was the choose among the many bowlers and registered figures of 4-1-12-3.

Along with bowling properly, Arjun additionally opened the innings for Goa and scored 14 runs off 9 balls. He was run out within the fourth over of the match. Goa had confronted a top-order collapse as properly and at one cut-off date had been diminished to 35/4. Lalit Yadav (82* off 49) held the innings collectively for Goa and rescued the workforce to a complete of 173 runs for the lack of 6 wickets, a complete that they later defended by 52 runs.

Lately, the all-rounder was traded to Lucknow Tremendous Giants from Mumbai Indians in an all-cash deal.

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Kingshuk Kusari

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Nov 28, 2025