NEW DELHI: Legendary Sachin Tendulkar‘s son Arjun briefly trained under former India cricketer and veteran coach Yograj Singh back in 2022.
Yograj, who runs his cricket academy in Chandigarh, had the young all-rounder under his wings, but their association turned out to be very brief, lasting just 12 days.
However, Yograj claims that it was during this period that Arjun scored a hundred in Ranji Trophy and then after bagging an IPL contract trained under him no more.
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Yograj, who played one Test and six ODIs for India, recently shed light on why Arjun stopped training under him, saying that people didn’t want the all-rounder’s name to be associated with him.
“Sachin’s son. He comes here for 12 days and scores a hundred,” Yograj said on ‘Unfiltered by Samdish’.
“When he scored a hundred on debut and then came back to IPL, people feared that his (Arjun) name will get stuck with him (Yograj). Are you understanding my point?” Yograj continued.
“People are very afraid of name-sticking. I told Yuvi (Yuvraj) to call Sachin and ask him to give me Arjun for a year. See what happens after that,” added the 66-year-old.
Arjun, 25 now, has so far played 17 First-Class matches where he has 532 runs and 37 wickets.
Arjun has also played 5 IPL matches for Mumbai Indian in two seasons.
In the November 2024 mega auction, MI bought back Arjun for Rs 30 lakh.
