Arjun Tendulkar conceded 31 runs in the 16th over against Punjab Kings (PBKS) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday which is the joint-most expensive over of IPL 2023.
The young seamer was beaten to a pulp by Sam Curran and Harpreet Bhatia with PBKS adding 96 runs in their final overs.
It was a bright start to the night for Tendulkar who conceded just five in his first over. In the second, he picked up the wicket of Prabhsimran Singh with a searing yorker that went through the blockhole and onto the pad.
He was brought back into the attack in the 16th over when the carnage started.
Curran greeted him with an 83-metre six straight over long-off. Bamboozled by the onslaught on the first ball, he lost his line and length and his wide yorker was just past the tramline.
In the next delivery, he went full outside off once again and this time a leading edge flew over Jofra Archer in the short third for a boundary.
Tendulkar continued to miss his length and his fourth and fifth deliveries were also dispatched for a boundary and a maximum respectively by Bhatia.
Frustration got the better of the young bowler and he ended up bowling a beamer in his last ball which was rightly given as a no-ball. It touched the glove of Bhatia as he tried to pull and went to the short-third man boundary for five runs. In his final ball, he was hit for a four over short fine leg to concede 31 runs in his six balls!
Tendulkar's good work in the first overs was all undone and he ended up with 1/48 in his three overs.
Tendulkar equalled Gujarat Titans seamer Yash Dayal's unenvious record of bowling the most expensive over this season. The left-armer was hit for five sixes off successive deliveries by Rinku Singh to guide Kolkata Knight Riders to a memorable final-over win.
Tendulkar's 31-run over is also the second-worst ever in IPL history by a MI bowler after Daniel Sams who conceded 35 runs in an over against KKR last season.
What is the most expensive over in IPL history?
Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) bowler Harshal Patel conceded 37 runs against Chennai Super Kings (CSK) in IPL 2021 which is recorded as the most expensive over in IPL history. Ravindra Jadeja smoked him for five sixes in the final over of the CSK innings to help his side post 191-4 on the board.
In 2011, Kochi Tuskers Kerala pacer Prasanth Parameswaran was also hit for 37 by Chris Gayle while playing for RCB.
