Arjun Tendulkar reveals the reason for becoming the fast bowler

Ever since the master blaster Sachin Tendulkar has retired from the game of cricket, his son Arjun Tendulkar is in the spotlight. The youngster has been performing well and interestingly, he is an all-rounder. He was recently in Australia playing in a T20 match and stole the show. He was also awarded the ‘darling of the tournament’ by Australian media as he turned up for Cricket Club of India (CCI) in the Spirit of Cricket Global Challenge at Bradman Oval in Bowral.

Arjun amazingly scalped four wickets with his left-arm fast bowling and smashed 48 runs while batting only off 27 deliveries on January 11. The 18-year-old could’ve easily followed his father’s footsteps and mastered in batting but he chose otherwise and became the fast-bowling all-rounder. However, he has revealed the reason for him becoming the pace bowler and how his stint with Wasim Akram helped him.

Akram told me how to shine the ball

Arjun Tendulkar explained that he used to love fast bowling since his childhood. He also informed that the likes of Wasim Akram, Mitchell Starc, Mitchell Johnson are his favourite bowlers. “I just grew taller and got stronger. And I just loved bowling fast in my childhood. So I thought I might as well be a fast bowler because there’s not many in India,” he was quoted as saying by BBC.

He also cleared that he took up cricket seriously only after playing various sports. Arjun has so far done well in age group tournaments for Mumbai and also represented his hometown in U19 Cooch Behar Trophy recently. “I used to play many sports as a kid, football, swimming, running, taekwondo. And then cricket just developed, while everything else took a back seat.  Zaheer Khan, (Mitchell) Johnson, (Mitchell) Starc and Wasim Akram. At the moment it is Johnson and Starc. Very privileged to get advice from all of them. Wasim Akram basically told me how to grip the ball and swing the ball. And he taught me how to shine it,” he added.

The young lad from Mumbai also revealed the secret he learnt from the King of swing Akram. “Whenever you put spit on the ball you have to throw it around. When the spit dries rub it (ball) on the pant. The main thing is keep it away from the sweatiest guy in the team,” the son of an iconic cricketer concluded.

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