'Never take short-cuts in your journey': Sachin Tendulkar passes dad's message to son Arjun

To another query, the Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar said like other parents, he also expects his son Arjun to perform well.

Asked if he advises his son on how to handle pressure, Sachin Tendulkar said he passed his son Arjun Tendulkar the important advice of not taking short-cuts in his journey, which was passed to Sachin by his father Ramesh Tendulkar. Arjun Tendulkar, who is a budding left-arm pacer, shone with both ball and the bat in the recently concluded T20 Mumbai League. "He is passionate and I have not forced him for anything. I never forced him to play cricket. He earlier used to play football, then he developed interest in chess and now he is playing cricket." said Tendulkar. "I told him whatever you do in life, dont take a short-cut, which my father (Ramesh Tendulkar) told me, and I tell him exactly the same thing...you will need to work hard and then it is upto you how you fare," he told reporters here. To another query, the Master Blaster said like other parents, he also expects his son to perform well. "He (Arjun) needs to do what he and his team want to do. It's [T20 Mumbai League] a very good platform and the ups and downs provide a real-life experience. It is important to learn and develop, its a process," he said. "Once a student of this game, a student for rest of your life. Thats what I try and tell him. Results will be in Gods hand, but to make an effort is in our hands," he said. Arjun Tendulkar on previous occasions bowled to the Indian team in the nets be it during the Champions Trophy in England in 2017 or before the T20 versus Sri Lanka in December 2017.