Arjun Tendulkar

Arjun Tendulkar at the mere age of 10 is experiencing tremendous pressure on his small shoulders whenever he lifts up the bat, no matter if it just to swat a fly! The point is as the son of legendary Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar he is expected to pursue cricket as his future career and supposedly become a legend like his father himself. It is quite true that you might share the same interests and talent as your parents. But it has also been proved time and again that success of one generation doesn’t always have to be repeated by the succeeding generation. You can look at the example of previous Indian Cricket team captain Sunil Gavaskar and the mediocre success tasted by his son Rohan Gavaskar.

The pressure is thus immense on Arjun to outshine his father even when he has shown inkling for cricket since his toddler years. One could find him yelling at the top of his lungs for his father during a match! Recently Arjun Tendulkar made headlines in January when he made his cricketing debut at the U-13 Cadency Trophy from MIGC Club in Pune. Although his team lost the cup, the kid showed the same spirit as witnessed in his father Sachin Tendulkar. On Sachin’s part one can observe that although he might have a desire to see his son follow his path, he doesn’t want to put pressure on the child so soon. Arjun has shown equal interest in Badminton sports as well and he gets regular coaching for cricket along with badminton at the behest of his father.

The future expands large in front of both father and son duo and it is only a matter of time when Arjun Tendulkar will face the real world to battle it out for his sake as well as his father’s sake!

Arjun Tendular is taking part in his first nationwide cricket tournament. He is representing the MIG Cricket Club at the U-13 Cadence Trophy competition held in Pune. The  competition features clubs from all over the country.

Arjun played his first match on Wednesday when he played against Vengsakar Academy where he got out without opening his account.

His second match was against the Cadence Cricket Academy. MIG cricket club fielded first, with Arjun Tendulkar fielding at the deep square leg position.

The ten year old Jr Tendulkar opened the batting for MIG club at the non-striker s end. He faced his first ball in the second over which he completely missed. He scored his first runs on a very fine stoke played with the use of the bottom hand.

However he soon got run out because of a miscommunication with his partner. MIG cricket club finally lost the 30-over match.

Arjun’s mother, Anjali Tendulkar, was there to watch her son play while Sachin scored his 44th hundred in Bangladesh.