'He bats like his father': Yograj Singh makes bold claim, asks Sachin Tendulkar's son Arjun to focus on batting

NEW DELHI: Former India cricketer Yograj Singh has surprised fans with his comments about Arjun Tendulkar, the son of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar.

Yograj believes that Arjun is actually a better batter than people think, but coaches have mostly focused only on his bowling.



Speaking to Ravish Bisht on YouTube, he questioned why coaches were not paying attention to Arjun’s batting.

He said, “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 batter. 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. 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."

Yograj revealed that Arjun himself felt his batting was being ignored.

He added, “He told me that they don’t focus on his batting. So, I said that we would see because I hadn’t seen him bat before. In the nets, he was hitting boundaries everywhere, and then I questioned his coach as to why he wasn’t given batting. I also told him that he is a batter of a great quality, he was batting as his father used to."

Arjun Tendulkar is often seen as a bowling all-rounder in domestic cricket.

However, his batting numbers so far have not been very impressive. He averages 21.37 in first-class cricket, 18.25 in List A matches, and 13.5 in T20s.

Still, he has shown promise with the bat.

He scored a century on his Ranji Trophy debut against Rajasthan in 2022 while batting at number seven. He also has two half-centuries in red-ball cricket.

Recently, Arjun has been given more responsibility with the bat while playing for Goa.

He has been asked to open the innings in both the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy and the Vijay Hazare Trophy.

In Goa’s latest List A match against Mumbai, Arjun opened the innings and scored 24 runs off 27 balls before getting out to Shardul Thakur. In the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, he scored only 70 runs in five innings, with an average of 14, which was disappointing.