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Arjun Tendulkar<\/strong>, playing for Goa in the Ranji Trophy 2022-23, recently matched his legendary father Sachin Tendulkar<\/strong> by scoring a century on his first-class debut.<\/p>\n Batting at No.7, the 23-year-old Arjun made 120 from 207 deliveries against Rajasthan, while 34 years ago, Sachin smashed an unbeaten hundred for Mumbai against Gujarat at the age of 15.<\/p>\n Arjun, who is primarily a fast bowler, moved to Goa from Mumbai at the start of the season seeking more opportunities to feature in the domestic circuit.<\/p>\n The left-hander has so far played seven List A games and nine T20s but the ongoing contest against Rajasthan is his first in red-ball cricket. Arjun was Goa\u2019s joint leading wicket-taker with eight scalps in the 50-overs Vijay Hazare Trophy this year.<\/p>\n While everyone is just hailing the young all-rounder for his heroics on FC debut, Sachin also gave his first reaction to Arjun\u2019s knock.<\/p>\n Speaking at an event organized by Infosys, the Master Blaster said: \u201cIt is a tough question nobody has asked me. As a father, I remember hearing my father tell someone \u2013 this was when I had started playing for India, & someone introduced him to \u2018Sachin Father kar ke\u2019 and he heard that then my father\u2019s friend asked him how he feels. He said it\u2019s the proudest moment of my life because this is what fathers want to be \u2013 to be recognised by what your child has done.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n He added: \u201cArjun has not led a normal childhood. Being a son of a cricketer who\u2019s been around for quite some time, it\u2019s not so easy. That\u2019s the only reason, when I retired and I was felicitated by the media in Mumbai, my message to them was to allow Arjun to fall in love with cricket, and give him that opportunity. You can follow up with various statements after he\u2019s performed, don\u2019t try to put pressure on him because I never had that pressure from my parents.<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cThey gave me the freedom to go out and express myself. There was no pressure of expectations, only encouragement, and support, and how we could go out and better ourselves. I kept telling him (Arjun), \u2018it\u2019s going to be challenging. You\u2019re not going to change the whole world. We have to change the mindset\u2019. It hasn\u2019t been an easy ride for him, it\u2019s been a tough journey for him. Someone who can relate to him is possibly Rohan Gavaskar.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n Sachin also revealed his conversation with Arjun at the end of Day 1 of the match.<\/p>\n \u201cI did tell him (to go for 100). He was batting on 4 not out, he was sent as a night watchman. He asked, \u2018what do you think would be a good total?\u2019 They were 210\/5 down. I said, \u2018at least 375 is what you need to get to\u2019. And he said, \u2018are you sure?\u2019 I replied, \u2018yeah. you need to go out and get a hundred. Do you believe you can go out and get a 100?\u2019,\u201d<\/em> the Mumbaikar signed off.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n