Goodbye Guru! Ramakant Achrekar's students pay tribute to their coach
Updated On: 03 January, 2019 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Umpire Suresh Shastri and India's 1983 World Cupper BS Sandhu, one of the earliest students of Ramakant Achrekar, turn back the clock on their coach
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Ramakant Achrekar. Pic/Pradeep Dhivar
The late Ramakant Achrekar produced the greatest name in the modern game, but to credit him with just that would be like saying Sachin Tendulkar's only achievement was scoring those two amazing ODI hundreds against Australia at Sharjah in 1998.
It is hard to keep Tendulkar away from Achrekar's cricketing journey, but let's do that for a moment to highlight what Achrekar did for other cricketers too. Some city cricket pundits reckoned Vinod Kambli had more talent than Tendulkar. He couldn't live up to his promise at the international level, but who is to say he wasn't a top player for Mumbai. When one thinks about the great left-handers who wore the lion-crested Mumbai cap, Ajit Wadekar and Kambli come first to mind.
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