MI vs KKR: Arjun Tendulkar gets his Mumbai Indians debut cap from Rohit Sharma | WATCH

MI vs KKR: Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary India cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, made his IPL debut for Mumbai Indians on Sunday. Arjun received his maiden IPL cap from Rohit Sharma ahead of Mumbai Indians' match against Kolkata Knight Riders at Wankhede Stadium. A video of Rohit presenting cap to Arjun has been shared on Twitter by IPL's official handle. video shows Rohit giving Mumbai Indians cap to 23-year-old in a ceremony held before match.

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Arjun has been in Mumbai Indians squad since IPL 2022 but he did t receive chance to play earlier. Apart from Arjun Tendulkar, Duan Jansen of South Africa also received his maiden IPL cap on Sunday. Duan, who is twin bror of Marco Jansen, was presented cap by Suryakumar Yadav. With this, Duan and Marco have become first twin pair to feature in IPL. Duan was bought by Mumbai Indians in IPL 2023 auction for a sum of Rs. 20 lahks. 

Sachin Tendulkar and Arjun Tendulkar have also become first far and son duo to play in Indian Premier League. Interestingly, just like Arjun, Sachin Tendulkar too played for Mumbai Indians.

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KKR vs MI: Playing XIs and substitutes

Kolkata Knight Riders (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Venkatesh Iyer, N Jagadeesan, Nitish Rana (c), Rinku Singh, Andre Russell, Sunil Narine, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, Lockie Ferguson, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Substitutes: Suyash Sharma, David Wiese, Anukul Roy, Mandeep Singh, Vaibhav Arora.

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Mumbai Indians (Playing XI): Ishan Kishan (w), Cameron Green, Tilak Varma, Suryakumar Yadav (c), Tim David, Nehal Wadhera, Arjun Tendulkar, Hrithik Shokeen, Piyush Chawla, Duan Jansen, Riley Meredith.

Substitutes: Rohit Sharma, Ramandeep Singh, Arshad Khan, Vishnu Vid, Kumar Kartikeya.

Im: BCCI