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he should grow up to he more than 6 foot tall...as somebody has commented he has the potential to grow another 4-5 inches taller. Should be around 5 9 from what i can tell right now. As i said before he is aiming to be an allrounder. I dont think he will be express pace. Whats good to see is that he is trying hard. Yes his father has given him a big advantage in terms of getting access to the best of resources. But as the old adage goes, you can lead a horse to the water but you cant make it drink it. I noticed some comments comparing him to Rohan Gavaskar. Rohan I am afraid tried his hand at cricket too late in his life. He started getting interested when he was 15. Sachin appears not to have made the same mistake and sat down with his son early on and asked him what he wants to do. Rohan also to be fair was not good enough to get into the Mumbai ranji team of the 90s. So he made a wise call and got selected for a weak West Bengal ranji side. I think in the 90s any tome dick and harry could get into that west bengal side. With the rise of Dalmiya and Rohan scoring well for his wB ranji side he got a call to team India. I think Arjun is going to be a lot more physical than his father. Its not as if sons have never worked out. In South africa there are cricketing dynasties. As long as he earns his spot in the line up we should not complain and judge him on his performances. Just cause he is rich he should not be discriminated against. Somebody like Ganguly who comes from a rich family probably did use his father's wealth etc to get himself in the West Bengal ranji team. I think even his brother was in there. Which again highlights how weak WB were back then.

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he should grow up to he more than 6 foot tall...as somebody has commented he has the potential to grow another 4-5 inches taller. Should be around 5 9 from what i can tell right now. As i said before he is aiming to be an allrounder. I dont think he will be express pace. Whats good to see is that he is trying hard. Yes his father has given him a big advantage in terms of getting access to the best of resources. But as the old adage goes, you can lead a horse to the water but you cant make it drink it. I noticed some comments comparing him to Rohan Gavaskar. Rohan I am afraid tried his hand at cricket too late in his life. He started getting interested when he was 15. Sachin appears not to have made the same mistake and sat down with his son early on and asked him what he wants to do. I think Arjun is going to be a lot more physical than his father. Its not as if sons have never worked out. In South africa there are cricketing dynasties. As long as he earns his spot in the line up we should not complain and judge him on his performances. Just cause he is rich he should not be discriminated against. Somebody like Ganguly who comes from a rich family probably did use his father's wealth etc to get himself in the West Bengal ranji team. I think even his brother was in there.
I don't think age really matters. Murali Vijay started playing cricket only at 17!
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He's more of a lower order batsman who can bowl a bit. Needs to improve his bowling and become a genuine AR. He's got the physique for that too.

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There is no power behind his bowling action, needs a lot of improvements. SRT must provide him the best coaches to make that improvement.

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To be honest I don't understand why he is receiving so much attention when I'm sure there are much better prospects than him in India. At this rate he is the future Stuart Binny.

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To be honest I don't understand why he is receiving so much attention when I'm sure there are much better prospects than him in India. At this rate he is the future Stuart Binny.
He is receiving attention because he is the son of SRT. No one has said he is a prospect yet. He has a long way to go. He is just 15 and actually 15, ffs. Umesh Yadav first held a leather ball in his hand at the age of 18 when he played for his college in University Cricket.
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Didnt Sachin hire Subroto Banerjee or someone to be his full time bowling coach....
Subroto is a very good coach and has good technical knowledge. He transformed Yadav after 2010 when he was Vidarbha coach. Arjun is in good hands if he has been appointed as coach.
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He is receiving attention because he is the son of SRT. No one has said he is a prospect yet. He has a long way to go. He is just 15 and actually 15' date= ffs. Umesh Yadav first held a leather ball in his hand at the age of 18 when he played for his college in University Cricket.
And that is exactly what I dislike. Hardly any top class cricketer's children turn out to be even half as good. Even after years of training he looks useless so I don't understand why people care so much. You are free to follow him but frankly speaking you are wasting your time. What is wrong is that he will take the place of another more deserving youngster regardless of what team he plays for.
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And that is exactly what I dislike. Hardly any top class cricketer's children turn out to be even half as good. Even after years of training he looks useless so I don't understand why people care so much. You are free to follow him but frankly speaking you are wasting your time. What is wrong is that he will take the place of another more deserving youngster regardless of what team he plays for.
You are being over sentive. Bieng son of greatest ever batsman he was always going to get attention. He would have got attention in everything in he had chosen. And what years of training and "looking useless" you talking about? He is just 15. Everybody is not Sachin to become a national player at the age of 16.
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His bowling isn't good enough. His name is the only thing that might take him somewhere in cricket. This is assuming he wants to be a bowler.
Still a better bowler than the one in your profile pic :dontknow:
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Is he naturally lefthanded.There were talks Rohan Gawaskar was converted into Left hand batsman
Yes and Those were rubbish excuses.
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To be honest I don't understand why he is receiving so much attention when I'm sure there are much better prospects than him in India. At this rate he is the future Stuart Binny.
I share the sentiment. But he is only 15, so could easily turn out to be another Pollock or Vaas.

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