XtraTime Web Desk: Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar on Wednesday took to twitter in warning a fake account holder with his son Arjun Tendulkar’s name. The batting legend even asked the microblogging site to take immediate action against the account while also making it clear that both his son and daughter do not have a twitter account.
“I wish to clarify that my son Arjun & daughter Sara are not on Twitter,” Sachin Tendulkar tweeted. “@jr_tendulkar is wrongfully impersonating Arjun and posting malicious tweets against personalities & institutions. Requesting @TwitterIndia to act on this as soon as possible,” tweeted Tendulkar.
The account @jr_tendulkar even had official tagged to it along with this bio which “Official . Left Arm Medium Pacer . Son of God.”
Although Sachin himself is very active on social media but he has a strong principle of not allowing his kids to be on social media specially twitter.
Arjun was recently included in Mumbai’s squad for the pre-season tournament Bapuna Cup. The 20-year-old has also represented Ealing and Marylebone Cricket Club Young Cricketers. He was seen bowling in full tilt to English batsmen in the nets at Lords during the ICC Cricket World Cup in 2019. He was also seen bowling to Indian captain Virat Kohli during Team India’s first training session on the tour to England in 2019 at the Merchant’s Taylor cricket ground. Arjun was later seen rolling his arms at the Indian batsmen ahead of the second test match at Lords.
In July 2018, Arjun was part of the India U-19 team that played the first Youth Test match against Sri Lanka. Ahead of the match, his father had a motivational message for him.
“In sports, nothing is guaranteed so whatever opportunities you are provided, you need to go out there and give your best and make the most of it,” Tendulkar had said to his son Arjun.
He added, “This is one platform that I feel people will be following you, your performances and if you are doing well, you will be on top of the world,”
“However, if he doesn’t get success, there is always a tomorrow and Arjun can come back stronger,” Tendulkar concluded.