Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar‘s son, Arjun Tendulkar, who plays for Goa as an opening batsman, has been praised immensely by Yograj Singh. He has claimed that, keeping aside his bowling, he is a batsman who does it as well as his father.
Former Indian cricketer Yograj Singh has stated that Arjun Tendulkar, the all-rounder son of great Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, has been criminally overlooked for his batting calibre in domestic leagues. He has played most of his career as a bowling all-rounder.
“I also told him that he is a batsman of a great quality,” said Yograj Singh
Yograj Singh has pointed out that Arjun Tendulkar has immense calibre with the bat and has also posed his batting calibre and talent to be like his father, the great Sachin Tendulkar.
“You are focusing only on his bowling. What are you doing? What has happened? There are so many coaches; what are they doing? He is basically a batsman. When he came to me, he was there for around 12-13 days. I welcomed him. They told me to take care of him, and I told them not to worry,” Yograj Singh said in an interview with Ravish Bisht.
“One day, he was hit by a ball, and we took him to a doctor, and he was fine. So, I told him to put on his pads instead to do some batting. He told me that they do not focus on his batting. So, I said that we would see because I had not seen him bat before. In the nets, he was hitting boundaries everywhere, and then I questioned his coach as to why he was not given batting. I also told him that he is a batsman of great quality; he’s batting as his father used to,” he continued.
Arjun Tendulkar traded to Lucknow Super Giants for IPL 2026
Arjun Tendulkar played 5 innings for Goa in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, where he managed to score just 70 runs at an average of 14. He was once given the chance to play at no. 9 for the Mumbai Indians against the Gujarat Titans, when he managed 13 runs.
After not playing a single game throughout the 2025 IPL season, Arjun Tendulkar was traded to the Lucknow Super Giants in exchange for the Mumbai skipper, Shardul Thakur. Arjun Tendulkar’s trade was completed before the 2026 retention deadline.
He has been playing for Goa in the Vijay Hazare Trophy and will next be seen in the fifth round of the tournament against Uttarakhand on Saturday, the 3rd of January.
Arjun Tendulkar’s domestic stats
Arjun Tendulkar made his debut in domestic cricket for Goa back during the 2022 Ranji Trophy season after having started off in T20s for Mumbai in 2021. Having played 22 matches in First Class cricket, he has amassed 620 runs at an average of 21.37 and has a century and two half-centuries to his name. While he is on the brink of completing 50 wickets in red-ball cricket.
Playing in List A cricket, he has played 21 matches and amassed 146 runs at an average of 18.25 and has picked 25 wickets for Goa. While he has played T20s for both Mumbai and Goa, and has managed 189 runs in 29 games with 35 wickets in the tally.
The batter has played for Goa in the ongoing edition of the Vijay Hazare Trophy and amassed 24 runs while opening the innings against Mumbai before being dismissed by skipper Shardul Thakur.
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