IPL 2022: Sachin Tendulkar on Arjun Tendulkar – Not many parents can watch their son or daughter play a match. Cristiano Ronaldo, Sachin Tendulkar, it has been seen in almost all sports. Sachin Tendulkar is no exception. In an interview he made the big reveal that he never watches his son Arjun Tendulkar play. In fact, whenever Arjun plays, Sachin hides somewhere so that his son doesn’t realise he is around. Follow IPL 2022 Live Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Master Blaster said he wants his son to have the freedom of falling in love with the game. Arjun Tendulkar is currently a part of Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad and he was even picked up by Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL) mega auction for Rs 30 lakh.
IPL 2022: Sachin Tendulkar makes BIG REVEAL on Arjun Tendulkar, ‘I don’t watch Arjun’s match’ – Check why?
“Fathers and mothers, when they watch their children play, they get stressed and that’s why I don’t go and watch Arjun, because I want him to have that freedom to fall in love with cricket – to stay focused on what he wants to do, I don’t go and watch him play,” said Sachin Tendulkar during an episode of ‘In-Depth with Graham’.
IPL 2022: Sachin Tendulkar makes BIG REVEAL on Arjun Tendulkar, ‘I don’t watch Arjun’s match’ – Check why?
Unlike Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar is a bowler and has been slowly making progress his way up. Before he was picked up by Mumbai Indians from the auction, he was named in Mumbai’s Ranji Trophy squad for the first time.
The left-arm seamer earlier played in Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy for Mumbai. At Mumbai Indians, he has been learning from the likes of Jasprit Bumrah and coach Zaheer Khan.
IPL 2022: Sachin Tendulkar makes BIG REVEAL on Arjun Tendulkar, ‘I don’t watch Arjun’s match’ – Check why?
IPL 2022: Sachin Tendulkar makes BIG REVEAL on Arjun Tendulkar, ‘I don’t watch Arjun’s match’ – Check why?
“He has to stay focused on the game. Like I didn’t like anyone watching me. Even if I go and watch his games, I’m hiding somewhere. He doesn’t know that I’m there, and nobody knows, neither does his coach, or anyone,” Sachin Tendulkar said.
Further talking about Arjun, Sachin said: “Neither of us forced Arjun to start playing cricket, he was into football, and then he loved playing chess. Cricket happened later on in his life.”
MUMBAI INDIANS Squad: Retained: Rohit Sharma (16 Cr), Jasprit Bumrah (12 Cr), Suryakumar Yadav (8 Cr), Kieron Pollard (6 Cr)
MI New Buys in IPL Auction: Ishan Kishan (15.25 Cr) / Dewald Brevis (3 Cr) / Basil Thampi (0.3 Cr) / Muruggan Ashwin (1.6 Cr), Jayadev Unadkat (1.3 Cr) / Mayank Markande (0.65 Cr) / Thilak Varma (1.7 Cr) / Sanjay Yadav (0.5 Cr) / Jofra Archer (8.0 Cr) / Daniel Sams (2.6 Cr) / Tymal Mills (1.5 Cr) / Tim David (8.25 Cr) / Riley Meredith (1.0 Cr) / Mohd Arshad Khan (0.2 Cr) / Anmolpreet Singh (0.2 Cr) / Ramandeep Singh (0.2 Cr) / Rahul Buddhi (0.2 Cr) / Hrithik Shokeen (0.2 Cr) / Arjun Tendulkar (0.3 Cr) / Aryan Juyal (0.2 Cr) / Fabian Allen (0.75 Cr)
IPL 2022: Sachin Tendulkar makes BIG REVEAL on Arjun Tendulkar, ‘I don’t watch Arjun’s match’ – Check why?
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