Tendulkar's son to play against Sri Lanka

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Arjun Tendulkar, son of the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, was named in the India under-19 squad that’ll tour Sri Lanka next month. India are due to play two four-day and five one-day matches against the island nation. However, Arjun has only been picked to feature in the two four-day ties.

Delhi’s Anuj Rawat will lead the side in the four-day format while Aryan Juyal has been named skipper for the limited-overs ties. Arjun, who is 18 years old, was part of the under-19 camp held in Dharamsala last week. Unlike his father, Arjun falls more in the bracket of a bowling all-rounder. He had taken a four-for and slammed a 27-ball 48 earlier this year while participating in the Spirit of Cricket Global Challenge in Australia.

Arjun has also represented Mumbai in the under-14 and under-16 formats. In the Cooch Behar Trophy last season, Arjun had played in five of the six games and taken 18 wickets in the tournament, including two five-fors and a four-wicket haul. He, however, had a poor return with the bat, scoring just 94 runs in five innings at an average of 18.80.

Arjun is one of the most-followed junior cricketers owing to his father’s stature, which also attracts extra scrutiny and dealing with massive amounts of pressure. Ever since his teenage days, comparisons have been drawn between the father-son duo which had even prompted the former Indian skipper to step in and urge his son to be left alone.

Last year, Arjun was seen bowling at the India nets during the home series against New Zealand in Mumbai while a toe-crushing yorker that he sent down to Jonny Bairstow in the nets in England, had left the latter with an injury scare. However, he’s yet to make a mark of his own and would want to use the under-19 opportunity to good use.

Earlier this year, Arjun had opted out of the Mumbai T20 league since he wanted to remodel his bowling action which he felt wasn’t ready for competitive tournaments. According to several reports, his father, who was also the brand ambassador of the league, was learnt to have guided him to take the decision.(Hindustan Times)

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Comments - 14

Nimal Friday, 08 June 2018 09:24 AM

Justin Bieber...

ANTON Friday, 08 June 2018 10:28 AM

THEY ARE NOT LIKE POLITICAL CHILDREN, THEY HAVE GENETICALLY INHERITED , TRUE TALENT , LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING YOU SON.

Mahesh Madurasinghe (Former Cricket Coach) Friday, 08 June 2018 10:53 AM

Exactly, the Indian Cricketers not politically motivated. 10-dul-car is really a Legend of Cricket.

Desmond Jeromme Friday, 08 June 2018 11:02 AM

Hope he will become Tendulkar (2) to shine and recognized.

Akila Friday, 08 June 2018 10:38 AM

Saw him bowling in nets and he has the most comical looking follow through . wonder how he made it to the India U19 team beats me

Sammy Friday, 08 June 2018 11:28 AM

Even the Indian pacie Bumrah has a comical bowling action. Yet, he is now one of India's leading bowlers. It is effectiveness that matters.

J. Justin Jinadasa Friday, 08 June 2018 10:55 AM

We SriLankan Cricket lovers, welcome the world famous Tendulkar's son Arjun.

Dr. S.Skandakumar Friday, 08 June 2018 10:57 AM

Oh its great.... I believe that Arjun Tendulkar will become a Legend like his father.

Prof. M.K.D. Karunaratne Friday, 08 June 2018 11:01 AM

If we could name few world-wide cricketers they are Tendulkar, Sanga, Mehela, Dhoni and Dravid - they played cricket for their nation and now our guys are playing for money. We welcome Arjun believing that he will be a best cricketer plays for his country.

Retired Major D.M. Henry Attapattu Friday, 08 June 2018 11:06 AM

I saw him when he was small playing with the bat and Tendulkar was throwing the ball, when the Indian Team played under Kapil Dev at Asgiriya. Oh now... he is big, let me wait and watch how he is playing.

Stats Friday, 08 June 2018 06:22 PM

Major, if Arjun is 18 now, he could not have been in Kandy under Kapil Dev which was back in the early nineties....

Yeti Friday, 08 June 2018 05:38 PM

A son like the father in the making. Hope he will make his father proud!

Cobra Friday, 08 June 2018 05:40 PM

Sachin is my all time favorite Indian cricketer, Arjun please don't take it away from me!

Thiru Friday, 08 June 2018 06:44 PM

Hey Indians, stop calling us an island nation. Because that characterisation implies a backward small island countries like what there are in the Pacific Ocean. Japan,Taiwan,New Zealand and Britain are all islands but no one calls them island nations.

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