Arjun Tendulkar reached a significant milestone by completing 50 wickets in his white-ball career during the Vijay Hazare Trophy. Representing Goa, the left-arm pacer has taken 51 wickets in 41 white-ball matches after debuting in T20s for Mumbai in 2021.
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