The introduction of his son Arjun Tendulkar to cricket has led to uproar in social media which has raised its arms against the legendary batsman with nepotism. Recent selections announced by the West Zone Under 16 team for the inter zonal tournment has made Sachin himself in the eye of a storm as his son Arjun drafted into the side ahead of Mumbai Pranav Dhanawade who recently scored an unbeaten 1008 runs.
Pranav is the son of an auto rikshaw driver. A good number of people support Arjun, some said that Pranav was not picked for the “India U-16 team. Previously Stuart Binny was a joke on social media when he was selected for the 2015 World Cup, at that time Roger Binny his father was a member in the selection pannel. So also when Krishnamacharya Srikanath was the Chairman of BCCI selection committee in 2011 the selection of Anirudha Srikanth his son in the team which played against Australia raised eyebrows of the critics.