While opening for Kakinada Kings in APL 2025, P. Arjun Tendulkar scored 31 runs in just 12 balls. Know how this Mumbai Indians bowler ended his stormy innings.

APL 2025:  In the match played on Sunday, 19 August in the Andhra Premier League (APL 2025), one name caught everyone's attention, P. Arjun Tendulkar (Pitta Arjun Tendulkar). Often when the name "Arjun Tendulkar" comes up, people remember Sachin Tendulkar's son and the cricketer who recently got engaged to Sania Chandok, but here we are talking about a different player, whose name is also Arjun Tendulkar, the difference is that he is an emerging batsman from Andhra Pradesh and plays as an opener for the team.

Kakinda Kings got off to a stormy start

This match of the Andhra Premier League was played between Kakinda Kings and Bhimavaram Bulls. Batting first, Bhimavaram Bulls scored 214 runs in 20 overs. Kakinda Kings, who came to chase the target, needed an aggressive start and P. Arjun Tendulkar did that job very well. He rained fours and sixes right from the beginning.

The 20-year-old batsman scored 31 runs in just 12 balls. During his innings, he hit 3 fours and 3 sixes. The interesting thing was that he sent almost half of the balls he played straight out of the boundary. During this, his strike rate was more than 258, which thrilled the audience.

The Mumbai Indians player broke his dream

When Kakinada Kings had 32 runs on the scoreboard, Arjun alone had 31 runs in his account, but his explosive innings did not last long, and his innings ended on the 13th ball. He was dismissed by Satyanarayana Raju, who made his IPL debut with Mumbai Indians this year. Raju had also played 2 matches in IPL and took 1 wicket. This 26-year-old medium pacer put the break on Arjun's explosive batting and sent him back to the pavilion. 

The team did not win the match

Despite an aggressive start by P. Arjun Tendulkar, Kakinada Kings failed to chase the target and lost the match by 27 runs.