Arjun Tendulkar slams 106 off 156 balls in U-16 match

Shivam Singh (31) was the second highest scorer in the team’s total of 218 with Vignesh Solanki and Mukund Sardar claiming three wickets each.

Only this time it was an A. Tendulkar who recorded the ton with Arjun, son of the retired legend Sachin, slamming 106 off 156 balls in a low-scoring Mumbai Cricket Association (MCA) U-16 Payyade Trophy encounter. In response, Rohit Sharma XI were 75 for 3 in 21 overs with Siddharth Sharma unbeaten on 31.

Arjun Tendulkar – the son of the most prolific runscorer in test history Sachin Tendulkar – has made the cricket world sit up and take notice after plundering a century in a junior tournament in Mumbai on Tuesday. “‘He played his natural game and batted without taking pressure. It was a chance-less innings and as this tournament is a selection trial, it must have boosted his confidence greatly”.

The 16-year-old, who has the eyes of one billion people watching his every move on a cricket field, also smashed 118 from just 42 balls in September last year.

The knock happened in Sachin Tendulkar Gymkhana Grounds – an distinctive event of a son scoring a century at a venue named after his father.

He was also seen bowling to the England batsmen in the nets at Lord’s during the 2015 Ashes series.

“Since I am here and the entire sports journalists’ fraternity is sitting over here, I am going to be a protective father”.

“At no stage of my life, there were comparisons (to his father). He (Arjun) started his career, so it is a humble request if he can live his life like a normal 14-year-old, without thinking about anything else except falling in love with this sport”, Sachin had said.