Let Arjun Tendulkar play his own cricket and do not compare him with his father: Kapil Dev

 Arjun Tendulkar is yet to make his debut for Mumbai Indians

Arjun made his U19 debut in 2018

Arjun has performed 2 T20s for Mumbai until now

Former World Cup-triumphing Indian skipper Kapil Dev entreated the fanatics to not positioned strain on Arjun Tendulkar due to the latter’s association together with his father, Sachin. Back in 2018, Arjun made his U19 debut in a best healthy against Sri Lanka, however didn’t play inside the U19 World Cup in 2020 in South Africa.

Thereafter, he went on to play more than one T20s for Mumbai within the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy, after which he turned into picked to represent Mumbai Indians (MI) inside the Indian Premier League (IPL). However, the bowling all-rounder is but to make his debut in the cash-rich IPL.

Kapil Dev, one among India’s finest all-rounders, reckoned that Arjun should be allowed to play with a unfastened thoughts.

"Why is everyone speaking about him? Because he is Sachin Tendulkar's son. Let him play his personal cricket and do now not compare him with Sachin. To have a Tendulkar name has perks and downsides as nicely. Don Bradman's son modified his call because he couldn't take in that kind of strain. He eliminated the surname Bradman due to the fact every person expected him to show out like his father," Kapil stated on Uncut.

"Don't placed strain on Arjun. He is a young boy. Who are we to say anything to him whilst he has the wonderful Sachin as his father? But I could still much like to tell him one factor Go and revel in your self. No want to show some thing. If you could end up even 50 percent like your father there's nothing higher. When the call Tendulkar comes up, our expectancies rise because Sachin changed into this type of excellent,"