Ramakant Achrekar : Sachin Tendulkar & Vinod Kambli Paid Rich Tributes to Cricket Coach
- Sachin Tendulkar & Vinod Kambli Paid Rich Tributes to Cricket Coach Ramakant Achrekar.
Cricket Hero Sachin Tendulkar paid rich tributes to his mentor cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar and said he could attain such heights because of the ’Sir’.
Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli, Praveen Amre and Sameer Dighe along with Achrekar were felicitated at a function here as ‘Guru-Shishya’ by a local arts and cultural academy, was presided by BCCI President Shashank Manohar.
Tendulkar recalled an incident when his coach told him to play for ‘B’ team of his School. Instead of batting, he preferred sitting in the gallery and cheering his schoolmates.
While Kambli raised quite the stir with the commotion surrounding the show “Sach ka Saamna” where he is stated to have made disconcerting remarks about his childhood friend, he has later denied it all, stating that the Sachin-Kambli friendship was too close and that he would never make remarks against Tendulkar.
In the evening, when he came across Achrekar, he was asked how many runs he had scored. Taken aback, Tendulkar told him that he was clapping and cheering up.
Then came a slap which shattered his myth. His lunch box fell on the ground and he realised what mistake he had commited, he said.
Pravin Amre, who played with Tendulkar and Kambli in the Indian team and was also coached by Achrekar, said one plays because of ability and not support.
“I don’t want to comment on their friendship, it’s Kambli’s personal issue. But as far as support is concerned, you play on your own merit.
Everybody plays because of his own ability,” said Amre.
