Arjun Tendulkar, son of legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, has been named in the Indian Under-19 squad for the two four-day matches in Sri Lanka. An allrounder, Arjun was a part of the Mumbai Under-19 squad last year in the Cooch Behar Trophy. The left-arm pacer had made a big impression by taking 18 wickets.
The 18-year old, however, could not find a place in the one-day squad which will play five matches against Sri Lanka. The southpaw was part of the core group of U-19 cricketers who attended the camp in Zonal Cricket Academy (ZCA). Delhi’s Arjun Rawat will lead the team in the four-day games. Rawat made his first-class debut for Delhi in the 2017–18 Ranji Trophy on October 6, 2017.
BREAKING: Arjun Tendulkar, son of @sachin_rt, has been called up to Rahul Dravid's India U19 squad for their upcoming four-day games in Sri Lanka. pic.twitter.com/2zcxTnah3D
— ICC (@ICC) June 7, 2018
On the other hand, Aryan Juyal will lead the one-day squad in the five-match series. Juyal had made his List A debut for Uttar Pradesh in Vijay Hazare Trophy.
Meanwhile, with the Indian ‘A’ team scheduled to tour England during the same period, WV Raman coach the team. The team is scheduled to play two four-day and five one-day matches in Sri Lanka in July
Arjun has been hogging the limelight for quite some time now.
Earlier this year, he made headlines after his brilliant debut in the Spirit of Cricket Global Challenge in Australia. Playing for Cricketer’s Club of India (CCI) against Hong Kong Cricket Club (HKC) in a T20 match, he delivered an impressive all-round show. He scored 48 off just 27 balls before picking up four wickets in four overs.
Last year, the Indian team had invited him to the nets before the series against New Zealand when the players were readying themselves to face Trent Boult. He had also bowled for England batsmen at Lord’s while they were preparing for a series against South Africa. During that, he had injured Jonny Bairstow with a toe-crushing yorker.
Squad for the two 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).
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).