A couple of months again, Yograj Singh, former quick bowler, actor and coach, got here throughout a video clip of him making an attempt to make his new cricket trainee do the Bhangra dance. On Wednesday, Yograj, who’s the daddy of former India star Yuvraj Singh, despatched a message to the younger trainee from the UK, the place he’s taking pictures. Synopsis: “Good batting son. One day you’ll develop into an ideal allrounder. Mark my phrases.”
That trainee was none aside from 23-year-old Arjun Tendulkar, son of Sachin Tendulkar. And Yograj’s message was for a novel milestone. Playing for Goa at Porvorim, Arjun scored a century on his Ranji Trophy debut – similar to his father in 1988.
Yograj, who is thought to be an especially powerful taskmaster whereas coaching his personal son Yuvraj to develop into a world cricketer, says he acquired an sudden request in September.
“In the primary week of September, I bought a name from Yuvi (Yuvraj), he mentioned, ‘Dad, Arjun will be in Chandigarh for two weeks and Sachin has requested if you have time to train him’. How may I say no to Yuvi, he’s like my elder son. But I had a situation. I informed Yuvi, ‘You know my means of coaching and I do not need anybody to intervene’,” Yograj told The Sheffield told The Indian Express.
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premiumAt that point, Arjun had moved from Mumbai to Goa to get some “game time” and was to go to Chandigarh for the JP Atre match.
According to Yograj, the 2 weeks Arjun spent with him was like boot camp: waking up at 5 a.m., operating for 2 hours adopted by health club classes – and no heavy lifting. Instead, Arjun was informed to make use of his body weight workout routines to tone his muscle groups and scale back his probabilities of harm.
On Wednesday in Porvorim, Arjun scored 120 off 207 balls towards Rajasthan, sharing a 221-run partnership with teammate Suyash Prabhudesai, who scored 212 off 416 balls. By the tip of the second day’s play, Goa’s rating was 493 for eight wickets. (Express picture)
“I informed him that he ought to overlook for the following 15 days that he’s Sachin Tendulkar’s son. I believe the coaches made enjoyable of him as a result of he’s Tendulkar’s son. I informed him that he wanted to step out of his father’s shadow,” says Yograj.
Arjun has “impressed” Yograj within the nets however not together with his left-arm tempo. “When I noticed him bat, I believed this man generally is a destroyer. I instantly gave suggestions to Sachin and Yuvraj. I referred to as up Sachin and requested him why he did not pay extra consideration to Arjun’s batting,” says Yograj.
Soon, Arjun finds out what it takes to work with a coach who is thought to carry a shoe in a single hand whereas coaching a younger Yuvraj. This time the strategy was no totally different. In a apply sport, Yograj says, Arjun was hit on the calf whereas bowling. A fast journey to the physician confirmed that there was no fracture.
“He said, ‘Sir, I can’t even stand’. I told him not to worry,” says Yograj. “I told him that you will never become gold without swimming in the river of fire. I don’t know whether it was out of anger or what but he started hitting the ball with such force. Some of them even went to the skating rink and tennis court (near Yograj’s academy).”
On Wednesday in Porvorim, Arjun scored 120 off 207 balls towards Rajasthan, sharing a 221-run partnership with teammate Suyash Prabhudesai, who scored 212 off 416 balls. By the tip of the second day’s play, Goa’s rating was 493 for eight wickets.
He later informed reporters that he waited for the suitable alternative to attain. Explaining his strategy, Arjun mentioned, “Just get down to the basics. Give the first hour to the bowlers and once I settled into the initial stages, it was time to capitalize and score runs.”
Arjuna additionally admitted: he had no concept that he had emulated his father.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
