Indian legendary cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar‘s son Arjun Tendulkar, has recently helped the England cricket team in their preparation ahead of their upcoming Cricket World Cup match against Australia.
The top ten teams are participating in the ongoing 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in England and Wales. On Tuesday (25th June), the host side England will face the defending champions Australia at Lord’s (London). It is the crucial match for both the arch-rival sides. Both teams are busy in their last preparation as a victory in this match will open their chances to qualify for the semi-finals.
Ahead of their upcoming CWC match against Australia, England batsmen faced Arjun Tendulkar in the net practice. The 19-year-old Arjun Tendulkar is a left-arm medium fast bowler and left-handed batsman. In last year, he played for India U19 team in two Youth Test matches.
Recently, ESPNcricinfo has shared a video where Arjun Tendulkar was bowling to the English batsman Joe Root.
England have had a Tendulkar helping them out ahead of #ENGvAUS at Lord's! #CWC19 pic.twitter.com/Yl8OmN8p46
— ESPNcricinfo (@ESPNcricinfo) June 24, 2019
Arjun Tendulkar played a similar net bowler role in the English camp two years ago
However, it wasn’t the first time when Arjun Tendulkar has helped the England batsmen in the net practice. Two years ago, the youngster similarly helped the English batsmen in the net practice ahead of their home Test series against South Africa. In that net practice, the left-arm pacer even injured the English cricketer Jonny Bairstow.
Recently, Arjun Tendulkar participated in the ongoing Second Eleven Championship in England. In the last week, Arjun Tendulkar represented for the MCC Young Cricketers in their match against Surrey 2nd XI. With the ball in hand, Arjun Tendulkar had the first innings bowling figures of 11-2-50-2. It was the drawn game where Arjun didn’t get an opportunity with the bat.
England and Australia both are desperate to win this crucial encounter
Coming back to the ongoing Cricket World Cup, England and Australia both sides are in excellent form. After playing six matches in this tournament, the defending champions have earned ten points as they have won five matches. Meanwhile, the host side England has managed four victories out of the first six matches of this tournament as they have earned eight points in this tournament. This match is going to be a crucial encounter in this tournament as both sides are the favourites to win this tournament.
Ahead of this tournament, England and Australia met in the pre-World Cup warm-up game at Southampton. Steven Smith’s brilliant century helped Australia to beat England by 12 runs in that game.