Arjun Tendulkar faces compliment and criticism from Twitter after U-19 selection
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Primarily a left-arm seamer, Arjun has been a part of Mumbai’s Under-19 squad last year during the Cooch Behar Trophy, where he managed to take 19 wickets. The tall pacer has the ability to swing the ball late and could come up with crucial contributions in the lower-middle-order as well.
There hasn’t been a shred of doubt in Arjun’s talent and Atul Gaikwad, who was appointed by Sachin two years back to train his son, has also had high words of praise for the all-rounder.
The beginning of a new era!
Here comes the 2nd generation Tendulkar to wear India colours 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 as Arjun Tendulkar gets picked in India U 19 team for the Sri Lanka tour next month
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Tendulkar number 2 to donne India colours. Proud moment for and the family. Arjun picked in the U-19 team to tour Sri Lanka.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Savage!
The problem with Arjun Tendulkar’s selection is that his father isn’t a rickshaw driver
— GoanPatiala (@TheGoanPatiala)
Truth bomb!
It is not "Sachin's son" who is picked for India U19. It is Arjun Tendulkar, a player in his own right and we must respect that.
— Harsha Bhogle (@bhogleharsha)
However, there would always be someone better than you at the grassroots level and in this case, Himachal Pradesh's Ayush Jamwal’s name has come up heavily, who managed to secure 50 wickets. However, BCCI has stated that Rahul Dravid had directions that the selectors would ignore players who have crossed 19 this year. Hence, 18-year-old Arjun looked to be a good match.
But, social media didn’t spare him and the age-old debate of nepotism came to the fore again.
Twitter is a funny place!
Brace yourself for tweets like
— Akshay VK 18 Sharma (@akshaypasu)
This is Pranav Dhanawade son of a taxi Driver.Not selected ❌
This is Arjun Tendulkar,son of Sachin Tendulkar,selected ✔
No disrespect to anyone but tagging Arjun with Nepotism everytime sucks, show me a better U19 bowling AR
Nepotism is everywhere.
— Ayushi Agarwal (@iiiushiii)
Coming soon! :P
Waiting for Rahul Dravid asking the captain to declare the innings when is batting at 194*
— Gabbbar (@GabbbarSingh)
Sachin Tendulkar right now!
Arjun: Papa, I made it to the under 19 Indian team.
— Devaiah Bopanna (@devaiahPB)
Sachin: Hmph... when I was under 19, I was already in the Indian Team.
Nepotism bandwagon!
is an average bowler. He runs, and delivers the ball with a weird action. Thanks to his father's recommendations, he is now part of the U-19 squad- and hundreds of more talented bowlers get ignored.
— Ganeshan Iyer (@ganeshan_iyer)
Remember, there was someone called Rohan Gavaskar.
They have selected Arjun Tendulkar on the basis of quality of genes so that if he plays well, they can later claim that the study of genetics was first done in ancient India.
— Ovais Wani (@Ovais_)
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