There is incidence which shows the interest he plays his father’s game.
As the India team practiced with the local provincial side at the Crusaders Cricket Club, a cricket match was going on outside the boundary line. Arjun Tendulkar, a young lad at 6, was the centre of all the attention when he was called to play by a group of local children.
His father Sachin relaxing in the dressing room, his mother Anjali and sister Sara watching him from above, Arjun Tendulkar, in a dark blue T-shirt with his dad’s number 10, waited for his turn to be selected in one of the teams and subsequently quickly placed himself, at what can be first slip (his father position), behind a huge drum that they used as a wicket.
As the game started, you could see Arjun Tendulkar screaming loudly. “Hey, get ready. Don’t look here and there, concentrate on the game,” Arjun screamed at the captain of his team, who was keeping wickets. His captain’s name was Sachin, son of a Durban businessman.
Then he was seen shouting out the scores. “Zero for one, six for two.” And finally, it was his turn to bat. A left-handed batsman unlike his dad, with the bat almost of his size reaching up to his chest, he played the first ball wildly, was bowled. “Let give him another chance,” said the one of the bigger boys of the group. Another ball, another swing, and he got out again.
He then walks around for a while, itching to get into the action. What did he do? “I am bowling now,” he said, taking the ball from the captain. The first ball reached the batsman on the fourth bounce, and so did the rest of balls in the over. He finally ran back to his mother, disappointed but clearly showing his passion for the game.
