Arjun Tendulkar: Sachin’s Son Selected to Play for India Under-19 Squad

The son of legendary Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar, Arjun, has been picked for the national under-19 team for the two four-day games against Sri Lanka. The India Under-19 team will also play five one-day international matches in Sri Lanka in July. The 18-year-old Arjun is a left-arm fast bowler and a handy lower middle-order batsman. The master blaster expressed his happiness on his son’s selection in India U-19 team. He said,

“We are happy on Arjun being selected in India U-19 team. It is an important milestone in his cricketing life. Anjali (Tendulkar) and I will always support Arjun in his choices and pray for his success,”

However, a selection meeting became interesting as the three-member selection committee comprising Ashish Kapoor, Gyanendra Pandey and Rakesh Parikh selected Tendulkar junior for the longer version. In the 2017/18 Under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy, Arjun picked up two five-wicket hauls and a four-wicket haul against MP.

India Under-19 Squad

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Himachal Pradesh’s Ayush Jamwal (50 wickets) is not in any of the teams as he is now over age. Delhi’s Anuj Rawat will captain the Indian team in the four-day series, while UP’s Aryan Juyal will lead the ODI team.

India Under-19 Squads

India U19 squad for 2 four-day games:

Anuj Rawat (C) (WK) (DDCA), Atharva Taide (VCA), Devdutt Padikkal (KSCA), Aryan Juyal (VC) (WK) (UPCA), Yash Rathod (VCA), Ayush Badoni (DDCA), Sameer Choudhary (UPCA), Siddharth Desai (GCA), Harsh Tyagi (DDCA), Y.D. Mangwani (MHCA), Arjun Tendulkar (MCA), Nehal Wadhera (PCA), Akash Pande (GCA), Mohit Jangra (UPCA), Pawan Shah (MHCA).

India U19 squad for one-days:

Aryan Juyal (C) (WK) (UPCA), Anuj Rawat (WK) (DDCA), Devdutt Padikkal (KSCA), Atharva Taide (VCA), Yash Rathod (VCA), Ayush Badoni (DDCA), Sameer Choudhary (UPCA), Siddharth Desai (GCA), Harsh Tyagi (DDCA), Y.D. Mangwani (MHCA), Ajay Devgaud (HYD), Y. Jaiswal (MCA), Mohit Jangra (UPCA), Akash Pande (GCA), Pawan Shah (MHCA).

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