Arjun Tendulkar, son of the celebrated cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, has entered a new stage in his personal affairs. At twenty-five, the left-arm fast bowler has become engaged to Saaniya Chandhok, the granddaughter of noted businessman Ravi Ghai. The event was conducted quietly, in the presence of family members and a few trusted companions. Neither household has yet made a formal announcement, but the match joins together two well-established families, one with its standing in sport and the other in trade.
Saaniya Chandhok’s Education and Career Path
Saaniya Chandhok has kept herself removed from public attention despite her family’s position in Mumbai. Her education was completed at the London School of Economics, where she distinguished herself through steady application. She is at present a partner and director at Mr Paws Pet Spa & Store LLP, a venture in the city devoted to animal care. Her interest in the field is not casual: in 2024 she undertook a diploma as a Veterinary Technician with the Worldwide Veterinary Service. The step reveals a mind directed less towards display than towards useful and practical work.
Saaniya’s Bond With The Tendulkar Household
Saaniya enjoys a close tie with the Tendulkar household, most of all with Arjun’s sister, Sara. The two young women are often seen together in photographs they share online, and they have been spotted side by side during several IPL seasons. This bond, formed long before the engagement, seems to have drawn the two families into an easier familiarity.
The Ghai Family Legacy: Hotels, Banquets, and Beyond
InterContinental Marine Drive
Her family is of another world, one of trade and hospitality. The InterContinental Marine Drive, a hotel facing the Arabian Sea, is at the centre of it and has been a part of the Mumbai landscape since long ago. It was initially opened in the 1960s as the Nataraj Hotel and with the leadership of Ravi Ghai, it has maintained its position as one of the landmarks of the city.
The Dome rooftop bar has become a rendezvous point of actors, industrialists, and visiting dignitaries and has been rated as one of the top sky bars in the world. Ravi Ghai has maintained the reputation of the establishment since he assumed the leadership in 2005, and the name is associated with style and privilege.
Mayfair Banquet
The Ghai family also operates Mayfair Banquet in Worli, a large hall which was opened in 1970. It has since over the years become one of the key venues in the city to host weddings, receptions and high-society functions. It has been used as a venue to launch films, hold fashion shows and award evenings and it is still a place where the rich and famous of the city can be spotted in the streets.
Ice Cream Business and Global Expansion of the Ghai Name
They are however interested in much more than hospitality. I.K. Ghai, the founder of Kwality Ice Cream, established the family position in the food trade and his son, Ravi Iqbal Ghai, continued the tradition. Ravi is a graduate of the School of Hotel Administration at Cornell, and he not only expanded the business throughout India, but also introduced Baskin-Robbins to South Asia.
More recent years have seen the family acquire Brooklyn Creamery, a brand that has become increasingly popular with younger purchasers. They have also established plants in the Middle East to expand their export market. The Ghai name has become one of the most prominent dynasties in the country in the food and beverage world.
Arjun Tendulkar’s Cricketing Career
Early Steps and IPL Debut With Mumbai Indians
Arjun Tendulkar, unlike his father, has set his course as a left-arm fast bowler. He has not yet broken into the Indian national side, but he has taken the field in five matches for the Mumbai Indians, from which he has claimed three wickets. His first steps in senior cricket came in the 2020–21 season, when he made his T20 debut for Mumbai against Haryana. Before that, he had represented the city at junior levels and earned a place in India’s under-19 squad.
Transition to Goa
Two years later he made a decisive change. In the 2022–23 season, he left Mumbai and shifted his allegiance to Goa, where he gained the chance to play both First-Class and List A cricket. Since then his record has shown steady growth. In 17 First-Class matches he has taken 37 wickets, with one five-wicket haul to his name. As a batsman he has added 532 runs, including a century and two fifties. In the shorter form, he has played 18 List A games, collecting 25 wickets and 102 runs. The figures do not yet mark him as exceptional, but they suggest a player moving with patience towards greater promise.
Conclusion
With all the preparations of his wedding and bowling through the two cricket pitches, Arjun Tendulkar has definitely struck gold in the choice of his life companion. Saaniya Chandhok is not only the heiress to the hospitality empire of her grandfather, she has made her own way through the economics halls of London to the pet spas of Mumbai and has shown that the best catches are not always on the field.
Whereas Arjun is still patiently working toward cricketing success (37 wickets and counting), Saaniya is working with four-legged clients who are likely more appreciative of her veterinary talents than cricket fans are of his bowling statistics. The marriage between the Tendulkars and the Ghais is an ideal combination of sporting heritage and business skills but it is doubtful that the wedding reception at the Mayfair Banquet will have more five-star amenities than five-wicket takes. Wish their alliance will be more effective than the current bowling average of Arjun.
FAQs
Q1: Who is Saaniya Chandhok?
Saaniya is the fiance of Arjun Tendulkar and the granddaughter of the hospitality mogul Ravi Ghai. She is a graduate of the London School of Economics who swapped economic theories with dog grooming and is now the owner of Mr Paws Pet Spa & Store. She does not like to deal with pets who listen to commands unlike her beau who plays cricket.
Q2: What does the Ghai family business include?
The Ghais own a hospitality empire comprising of the legendary InterContinental Marine Drive hotel, including the internationally acclaimed Dome rooftop bar, and Mayfair Banquet hall in Worli. They also serve ice cream under Kwality, Baskin-Robbins and Brooklyn Creamery. In short, they have captured the eat, drink and celebrate market of Mumbai.
Q3: How is Arjun’s cricket career progressing?
Arjun has 37 first-class wickets in 17 matches with Goa since his move across the state border to Mumbai, a career changing move that shouts at you, sometimes you just need a change of scenery. His numbers indicate a gradual rise, but he is not yet at the same legendary level as his father as opposed to his bowling average.
Q4: What makes this match significant?
It is an ideal match of sporting dynasty and business aristocracy, like a union between the most well-known surname in cricket with the hospitality heavyweight champions of Mumbai.
Amit Gupta is a 2016 graduate of Delhi University, India. After working over a decade as an additional writer at TheScoopVilla, he decided to start his own news publication. He mainly focuses on Bollywood News, Hindi and South Indian Movies, Web series articles and editorials. He likes to cooking and play cricket in his free time. Follow On Facebook.