Arjun Tendulkar does it again, hours after his starry wedding in Mumbai!

Last month he had done the same. One really wonders what his first love is.

Published on: Mar 7, 2026, 09:55:35 IST

Written by Prateek Srivastava

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On all the evidence that we have so far, Arjun Tendulkar's first love is cricket. Just this past Thursday, he got married in Mumbai, and the very next day he was back to the cricket field. That's exactly what one would call priortising in today's speak.

Arjun Tendulkar got married this past Thursday. The next day he was back on the cricket field. (Sunil Khandare)

Legend Sachin Tendulkar's son, Arjun played in the DY Patil T20 Cup, a very popular tournament in the Mumbai cricket circle on Friday. It was not a great outing for him though in DY Patil Blue colours. He scored an unimpressive 9 off 14 balls and when he came on to bowl, he conceded a whopping 20 runs in the only over he bowled. And to make it worse, his team lost by 5 wickets.

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Which is understandable. How could one perform in a so demanding a match hours after one's wedding? After going through a lot of wedding rituals during the day and then parties with family and friends during the night, it would be too much expecting him also to shine with the bat and ball on the field of play just hours later.

But it's not something Arjun has done for the first time -- featuring in a game of cricket amid frenetic times. Late last month, he had done it in another example, while the wedding preparations were in full force. He had a better outing that time.

Against Indian Navy, he scored a 29-ball 55 in Navi Mumbai. Some of his shots were simply breathtaking. There were no signs of wedding anxieties. He didn't stop there, it may be noted. He contributed with the ball too and picked up one wicket. For his allround performance, he was rightly chosen Man of the Match.

Arjun got married this past Thursday to Saaniya Chandhok. A whole lot of celebrities and politicians attended the big Indian wedding. India head coach Gautam Gambhir was also pictured at the event. It was incredible considring hours later India played England in the T20 World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium which they won to set up the final showdown with New Zealand. Several of Arjun Tendulkar's former Mumbai Indians team-mates like Ishan Kishan, Suryakumar Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya were also reported to have gone there, to congratulate the weddding couple.

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Prateek Srivastava
Prateek Srivastava is a senior sports journalist having been in the profession for two decades now. He started his print career with the India Today Group and later also worked for the Asian Age. In 2009, sensing the wind of change, he switched to the digital media and joined Mobile ESPN. There, he covered the 2011 Cricket World Cup and 2010 Hockey World Cup as a venue reporter. He did plenty of voice-over work too, over there. After leaving Mobile ESPN, Prateek went on to work for Cricketnext, Gocricket and Cricbuzz. At Gocricket (Times Internet Limited), he covered the 2014 T20 World from Bangladesh. There he also received a team leadership award, given at the end of the month. Prateek has also covered the 2016 T20 World Cup in India, this time working for Sportz Interactive. He also worked for Chinese giants Alibaba over two years and led their ""Short News"" content team at UC Browser. While cricket is Prateek’s expertise, he has also done a lot of golf. In fact, he has covered India’s first two European Tour events back in the late noughties. He has also done extensive writing on football having been associated with the Indian Super League for three seasons. Finally, Prateek is a literature aficionado and swears by Philip Roth and Gabriel Garcia Marquez, and when he doesn’t joke, he is usually quiet and at work.Read More

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