Before training him, Yuvraj Singh’s father told Arjun Tendulkar: ‘Ignore the fact that you are Sachin Tendulkar’s son.’

The son of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar, emulated him by scoring a hundred in his Ranji Trophy debut.

Son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun Tendulkar, recently imitated his father by scoring a century in his Ranji Trophy debut. In order to have more opportunities, Arjun moved his base from Mumbai to Goa, where on December 14 against Rajasthan he hit his first-ever first-class century. When Sachin Tendulkar played against Gujarat as a teenager in 1988, he too hit a century on his Ranji Trophy debut. At the Goa Cricket Association field in Porvorim, Arjun, who entered the batting order at number seven, was dismissed for 120. In his 207-ball innings, the left-hander smashed 16 fours and two sixes.

In September, Arjun trained in Chandigarh with Yograj Singh, a former cricketer for India and the father of Yuvraj Singh. Yograj has finally disclosed what he said to Arjun prior to instructing him.

Yograj also predicted that Arjun would someday surpass Sachin in popularity. “The youngster has great talent. His departure from the Mumbai cricket team is a major, huge blow for Mumbai. They will soon understand this. They haven’t managed to learn about his talent. Due to requests from Sachin and Yuvi, I trained this man. Regarding his son, Sachin was concerned. He wants his son to be cared for because he is aware of his talent. As soon as I stepped onto the field, I instructed each bowler to stop thinking of Arjun as Sachin’s kid and to bowl at him with ferocious velocity and the best spin possible. Arjun thumped them all over. He has a destructive bat.

He is a versatile player. So why were teams giving him the order, then? Like Yuvraj, he is an aggressive all-around player. Yuvi and Arjun resemble each other quite a bit, in my opinion. He has a lot of potential. One day, people will recall his name the same way they do Sachin’s. The 64-year-old continued, “Arjun will develop into the greatest destructive batsman in the world.