Sachin’s with his son Arjun TendulkarCricketers have very interesting on-field stories, be it a fight with an opponent player, controversies within the team or making a comeback after a bad patch. Their off-field stories are equally intriguing. These players share a very special bond with their children, often post pictures or videos of their little ones on social media sites to share the joy with everyone.The children have some very captivating stories of their own. We share with you stories of eight such kids.
#8 Shikhar Dhawan\'s son Zoravar
Shikhar Dhawan and wife Ayesha Mukherjee were blessed with a baby boy in January, 2014. Right after his son was born, Indias opening batsman flew in from South Africa where the Indian team was having a disappointing time.
Recently Dhawan posted an adorable video of son Zoravar and him on his facebook page. In this video which went viral, the 29-year-old is seen showing off a pull shot and his toddler tries to imitate him. Another video posted by the left-handed batsman shows his two daughters Rhea and Aliya along with their little brother wishing him on Fathers day.
#7 MS Dhoni and daughter Ziva
Mahendra Singh Dhonis daughter was born on February 6, 2015 when her father was leading Team India at the ICC World Cup. The Indian skipper and his wife Sakshi keep posting pictures of their baby girl Ziva. Recently Sakshi posted a video on her twitter account where the little one is seen watching hit rap song Hit the Quan on a laptop.
Ziva not only enjoyed Hit the Quan but also challenged actor Ranveer Singh to participate in Hit the Quan challenge. This October, the little girl went on pandal hopping during Durga Puja with mom Sakshi.
#6 Virender Sehwag and his sons
During IPL 2014 there was a time when Virender Sehwag was going through a bad patch.One of his sons was teased by his friends because of this. While talking to NDTV about this Viru had said, Whenever I got out, my son kept telling me, papa you are not scoring runs. I told him hold on beta, there is still time. I wanted to focus on my batting and had to win at least one game for Kings XI Punjab.
The Nawab of Najafgarh kept this promise as he played an outstanding innings and scored 122 runs off only 58 balls against Chennai Super Kings in the qualifiers.
#5 Shahid Afridi\'s daughter
Pakistani cricketer Shahid Afridi has four daughters- Ansha, Aqsa, Ajwa and Asmara. After India defeated Pakistan in the World Cup semi-final at Mohali Pakistani supporters were naturally disappointed and Shahid Afridis daughters were no exception. One of them, Aqsa, broke down into tears.
She told Geo News how she was expecting Pakistan to defeat their arch rivals, I am hurt and sad that we lost the match. I was so excited that we will beat India." Afridis youngest daughter Asmara blamed Misbah-ul-Haq for the defeat. She said, "Misbah realised very soon that he needed to score runs."
#4 Sachin Tendulkar\'s daughter Sara
Sachin Tendulkars older child, Sara stunned her parents once during her birthday. While Sachin and Anjali Tendulkar were preparing for their daughters grand birthday celebrations, Sara told them she does not wish to have a party at their home. She wanted to celebrate her birthday with the people of a slum, Govandi.
Sachin who admits that he gets inspired from Sara for charity, said, We were a little surprised. She wanted to have a party at (the slums of)Govandiand wanted to share the goodies with the (slum) children there. We felt really proud when my daughter said this.
#3 Sourav Ganguly and daughter Sana
Sourav Ganguly dotes on his daughter Sana. In an interview in 2012 the former Indian skipper recollected a funny incident from his 41st birthday. Daughter Sana not only gifted him a BlackBerry Q10, but also got herself a Samsung handset as return gift.
When Souravs princess does not want to do her homework, Dada himself finishes it and tells mom Dona that Sana has done the work. While telling The Telegraph what he does when his daughter doesnt want to study, the 43-year-old said, I call up her teachers and say, Aajke chhere din(Please excuse her today).
#2 Brett Lee\'s son Preston Charles
Brett Lees little son Preston Charles is one with a big heart. Once he along with his friend had won eight to 10 massive soft toys at Timezone. Preston wanted to keep one and distribute the rest among children who didnt have toys.
Talking about the incident the Former Australian cricketer said, . He was trying to pick out which person he would like to give it to all these kids walking around in the foyer he kept saying, I reckon we should give it to him, Daddy. We like to spend quality time together.
#1 Sachin Tendulkar and son Arjun
Sachin Tendulkars son Arjun had once punched a schoolmate who blamed the Master Blaster for Indias poor performance in 2007 World Cup.
In an interview with The Times of India, Sachin said, We had told Arjun, who was seven years old then, that if someone makes bad comments at school about our first-round exit from the World Cup, he should ignore it. But when a friend told him that India lost because his dad got out for zero, our advice went to his head. He punched his friend and told him never to say anything about his dad.
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