Cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar's son, Arjun Tendulkar, has failed to make a mark in his short IPL career so far. Arjun, who is a fast-bowling all-rounder, picked up three scalps in the IPL 2023 season from four matches for Mumbai Indians while he failed to claim a wicket in the only game that he played last year.

Arjun had trained under Yograj Singh for a brief period. Subsequently, he went on to score a century in the Ranji Trophy match for Goa.

Speaking on Taruwar Kohli's YouTube channel, Yograj has now said that Arjun Tendulkar should focus more on his batting.  

"If Arjun Tendulkar comes to me now, I will make him the world's greatest batter in six months. No one knows the potential he has with the bat. He was with me for 12 days, he scored a century in Ranji Trophy debut. Did anybody realise?" Yograj stated.

"Goa's team was here. Sachin and Yuvraj told me to take Arjun Tendulkar under my wings. He stayed here with me for 10-12 days. I thought, 'he is such a great batter, kaha isko bowling mein laga rakkha hai?' Why are you wasting him in bowling?' As a batting all-rounder, he will be fine."

Earlier, Yograj had claimed that within those 12 days of him coaching Arjun, the southpaw made his First-Class debut for Goa and slammed a century against Rajasthan. Following this, Arjun even bagged an IPL contract with Mumbai Indians.

"When he scored a hundred on debut and then returned to IPL, then people were afraid, what if his (Arjun's) name gets stuck with me? Do you understand what I mean? So people are afraid of getting a tag behind their name," Yograj said on 'Unfiltered by Samdish'.

"I told Yuvi - Sachin ko bolo - leave him with me for a year and see what happens," he added.

Arjun Tendulkar has played five IPL matches for Mumbai Indians. Despite his underwhelming display, Arjun was brought back at his base price of Rs 30 lakhs by the five-time champions in the mega auction last November.