When he would pad up, each and every pair of eyes at the net session would to be trained on Sachin Tendulkar, but on Friday it was a younger and taller Tendulkar who grabbed everyone's attention.
Sachin's son Arjun was the centre of attraction at Lord's in London, pleasantly surprising a section of the Indian media, who had gathered to watch South Africa's optional training session.
With no ICC Champions Trophy match scheduled at the venue, this was best chance for all cricket fans to pay a visit to the historic Lord's stadium, also called as the 'Home of Cricket'.
Just as everyone was soaking in the atmosphere, one saw a familiar looking youngster padded up and standing inside the cricket gear shop, adjacent to the nets.
The six-foot-plus tall Arjun had come to Lord's for a training session, a routine for the youngster every English summer for the past few years.
As the scribes hastily started clicking photographs, Arjun's facial expression was one of amusement bordering on irritation. He quietly walked past the media into the nets, spoke to his coach and then started batting against spinners.
For the record, he is left-arm fast bowler, which is his primary cricketing skill.
As the waiting media tried to peep in to watch the proceedings, the other youngsters couldn't help smiling.
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