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Arjun Tendulkar, the son of Sachin Tendulkar, has been picked in the India Under-19 squad for two four-day matches in Sri Lanka in July.

A left-arm quick, Arjun, had been picked in the Mumbai Under-19 one-day sidefor the JY Lele invitational tournament in September last year. He also bowled in the nets in the lead-up to the Lord's Test between England and South Africa in 2017, sending Jonny Bairstow off with an injury scare when he struck him on the toe with a yorker. Arjun also bowled in the India nets during the home series against New Zealand last year.

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Oh yeah!
This is the beginning of ArjunConda!
Forget Prithvi Shaw, Shubhman Gill, blah blah blah....Here is Arjun Tendulkar , the next gen cricketing superhero.
Aka the next Rohan Gavaskar , Stuart Binny.
Hardik Pandya, you betcha watch your game!
Just can't risk getting dropped by the same Master Blaster who brought you to Team India like a domino(in favour of his own son ofcourse)!

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5 minutes ago, UrmiSinhaRay said:

Oh yeah!
This is the beginning of ArjunConda!
Forget Prithvi Shaw, Shubhman Gill, blah blah blah....Here is Arjun Tendulkar , the next gen cricketing superhero.
Aka the next Rohan Gavaskar , Stuart Binny.
Hardik Pandya, you betcha watch your game!
Just can't risk getting dropped by the same Master Blaster who brought you to Team India like a domino(in favour of his own son ofcourse)!

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Pandya is aalraounder. Arjun iz a phaaast bowler.

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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).
 

 

Sqauds

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1 hour ago, rkt.india said:

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).
 

 

Sqauds

Any exciting quicks in this squad?

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1 hour ago, Suhaan said:

Heard a lot about Kartik Tyagi,a tall lad generated good amount of bounce along with nice velocity.Dont see him any of the squad.What has happened to him suddenly?Arjun Tendulkar gives impression of another "Unchi Dukaan Feeka Pakwan"....Tendulkar sneaks one through..thanks nepotism

Kartik is probably injured.

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Arjun Tendulkar's road to the India U-19 squad

Here's a short explainer on Arjun Tendulkar's journey to the India Under-19 team for the two four-day matches in Sri Lanka in July.

What skills does Arjun Tendulkar have?

Unlike his illustrious father who initially aspired to be a fast bowler, Arjun is close to becoming one. He is a tall left-arm quick who gets the ball to swing late. He is also primarily a lower-middle-order batsman, but is working hard on what his coaches believe is his "secondary skillset" currently.

Who are his coaches?

For the last two years, Arjun has been closely working on his bowling action with Atul Gaikwad, a Pune-based coach and biomechanics expert. Arjun's action has had to be remodelled after he suffered from two stress fractures that ruled him out of age-group cricket for close to 10 months in 2016-17. While Gaikwad doesn't have any first-class experience, his expertise and inputs have been valued, so much that he's also been used by the National Cricket Academy (NCA).

Apart from Gaikwad, Arjun also works on a one-on-one basis with former India fast bowler Subroto Banerjee, who, till recently was a bowling consultant with the Ranji Trophy winning Vidarbha side. Banerjee has previously been credited for his work with Umesh Yadav and more recently Rajneesh Gurbani, Vidarbha's leading wicket-taker of the 2017-18 season.

With designated India Under-19 coach Rahul Dravid away with the India A team in England, Arjun will work closely with former India batsman WV Raman, who is in charge of the Under-19 side for the tour of Sri Lanka.

What has Arjun done to merit selection?

Arjun has been a part of an ongoing residential camp conducted by the NCA in Dharamsala, where he is understood to have impressed the junior selection panel, headed by former India spinner Ashish Kapoor, during intra-academy matches held in Una, Himachal Pradesh. ESPNcricinfo understands his performances in Mumbai's age-group circuit also played a part. Arjun picked up 19 wickets in five matches, including two five-wicket hauls, for Mumbai Under-19 in the 2017-18 Cooch Behar Trophy.

In September 2017, Arjun was picked in the one-day side for the JY Lele invitational tournament in Baroda. Although not a BCCI tournament, the performances there paved way for his eventual inclusion in the Mumbai Under-19 set-up.

What are the factors that have contributed to Arjun's rise?

Exposure internationally, something not many of his peers are used to. He has already been a part of a number of representative clubs in India and England, he trains at the indoor academy at Lord's and has even bowled to members of the England team in the nets.

Last year, he landed a yorker on Jonny Bairstow's toe to give him an injury scare ahead of the South Africa Tests. He is also a regular net bowler for the Indian team, whenever they play in Mumbai and also bowled to the India women's team ahead of their World Cup final against England at Lord's last year.

In January this year, Arjun represented a Cricket Club of India XI against a Hong Kong-based side at the Bradman Oval in Adelaide, where he made a 27-ball 48 as an opener apart from picking four wickets. In July 2017, he was part of an MCC squad that played two matches against Namibia Under-19 in England. In his first outing, he picked up four wickets to bowl Namibia out for 49. MCC XI won both matches.

Does his selection mean he has a good chance to play at the next Under-19 World Cup?

No. Arjun would be 20 years and five months when the 2020 edition kicks off in South Africa, which will automatically rule him out of contention. However, he will gain valuable experience and match time in the interim, along with the experience of working with Dravid.

 

Link- http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23724059/arjun-tendulkar-road-india-u-19-squad

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