This 27-year-old is a right-arm medium pacer, who has played for the Solapur University at the U-19 level. Arkal also bats a big lower down the order, and after not getting a single game in 2009, he played in six games in MPL-II. Arkal, who cost Sailors Rs 39,000, was not used as a bowler at all, and scored 59 runs in six innings, with a strike-rate of 81. His best was a 38-ball 28 against Shivneri Lions.