Srinagar: Legendary batter Sachin Tendulkar’s son Arjun Tendulkar scored a century on his Ranji Trophy debut for Goa replicating Sachin’s who had done same during his debut.
Arjun this season moved to Goa from Mumbai. Before that Arjun had a two week training session under Yuvraj Singh’s father Yograj Singh.
“In the first week of September, I got a call from Yuvi (Yuvraj), saying, ‘Dad, Arjun will be in Chandigarh for two weeks and Sachin has requested if you have time to train him’. How could I have said no to Sachin, he is like my elder son. But I had one condition. I told Yuvi, ‘You know my way of training and I don’t want anyone to intervene’,” Yograj told The Indian Express.
Yograj revealed that Arjun’s two-week stay in Chandigarh with the former cricketer was nothing but a boot camp-like experience for Tendulkar’s son. After waking up at 5 AM, Arjun used to take part in a two-hour run which was followed by a gym session where he didn’t lift heavy weights. Yograj advised Arjun to do bodyweight exercises which can minimise the chances of a potential injury.
“I had told him that he must forget he is Sachin Tendulkar’s son for the next 15 days. I feel he was mollycoddled by coaches because he is Tendulkar’s son. I told him that he needs to get out of his father’s shadow. When I saw him batting, I thought this guy could be a destroyer. I immediately gave feedback to Sachin and Yuvraj. I called Sachin and asked him why he didn’t focus more on Arjun’s batting,” Yograj added.
