Arjun Tendulkar's return to the Mumbai Indians Playing XI is set to be delayed further after the 23-year-old got bit by a dog ahead of MI's vs LSG IPL 2023 tie.
Arjun Tendulkar's return to the Mumbai Indians playing XI is set to be delayed further after the 23-year-old got bit by a dog ahead of MI's IPL 2023 fixture against Lucknow Super Giants at the Ekana Stadium on Tuesday. While the whereabout of Arjun's little adventure are yet to be known, Tendulkar Jr. who last played for MI against Gujarat Titans on April 25, is sit to miss out on tonight's tie after he confessed to the bizarre incident in a video shared by LSG on their Twitter handle.
Arjun has played 4 matches for MI in IPL 2023 and picked three wickets with a best of 1/9 against the Titans. After playing 4 games though, he was left out of MI's Playing XI and has been benched since with Akash Madhwal and Kumar Kartikeya in the team. However, Tilak Varma nursing an injury, chances of Arjun's return to the XI looked bright before this unforeseen incident took place.
Mumbai se aaya humara dost. ?? pic.twitter.com/6DlwSRKsNt
— Lucknow Super Giants (@LucknowIPL) May 15, 2023
However, it did enough to trigger some hilarious collection of memes and gifs on Twitter. Here are a few:
To Dog: Why dis u bite Arjun Tendulkar during IPL pic.twitter.com/oeq8K2Dxun
— Kadak (@kadak_chai_) May 16, 2023
#ArjunTendulkar bitten by a dog Picture totally unrelated pic.twitter.com/Pf7Z85xNWC
— Dúck/xD (@_QuAcK_xD_) May 16, 2023
Arjun Tendulkar: I'm not getting chance to play in team, what excuse should I give to people? That dog who bit Arjun: #ArjunTendulkar pic.twitter.com/YCwDqk0Ljo
— Shubham Bhatt (@Shubharcasm) May 16, 2023
#ArjunTendulkar after bitten by the dog pic.twitter.com/AdDv7G9eUy
— Dúck/xD (@_QuAcK_xD_) May 16, 2023
5 minutes before Arjun Tendulkar was bitten... pic.twitter.com/YqDIYhhZzT
— Dr. Ajayita (@DoctorAjayita) May 16, 2023
Arjun made his debut against Kolkata Knight Riders and fared decently with 1/17 after bowling two overs. Against Sunrisers Hyderabad, Arjun picked his maiden IPL wickets dismissing Bhuvneshwar Kumar and defending 21 runs off the last over. The wickets shot him to limelight with everyone – Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma, Sunil Gavaskar Brett Lee and many more – taking note of him. In the next contest against Punjab Kings though, Arjun was clubbed for 48 runs – conceding 31 in an over. It forced many to do a 360 degree take and feel Arjun wasn't ready yet. Against the Titans, he got to bat for the first time in his young IPL career and smoked a nonchalant six before getting dropped.
MI have recovered well in the second half of the tournament and are currently placed third on the points-table with 14. Below them are LSG on 13 and a win for either team tonight promises to make the mid-card madness more intense.
Disclaimer: This Article is auto-generated from the HT news service
