Bhaijaan
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or may be its just that Sachin has been more grateful to his humble coach than other players have been to their?
Always found this relation of his with the coach as very sweet. Tendulkar said in his sppech today how Achrekar would take him on his scooter to various grounds in Mumbai for playing cricket matches, i mean that is just amazing. He's told other great stories as well liek the 'coin story' which Adidas even used for its commercials. Great relation and ihope upcoming cricketers learn a big lesson from this and start valuing their teachers/coaches as much as Tendulkar did.
In his farewell speech -
The turning point of my career was when my brother (Ajit) took me to Achrekar sir. I was extremely delighted to see him up in the stands. Normally he sits in front of the television and he watches all the games that I play. When I was 11/12, those were the days when I used to hop back on his scooter and play a couple of practice matches a day. The first half the innings I would be batting at Shivaji Park, the second half, at some other match in Azad Maidan. He would take me all over Mumbai to make sure I got match practice.
On a lighter note, in the last 29 years, sir has never ever said 'well played' to me because he thought I would get complacent and I would stop working hard. Maybe he can push his luck and wish me now, well done on my career, because there are no more matches, sir, in my life. I will be witnessing cricket, and cricket will always stay in my heart, but you have had an immense contribution in my life, so thank you very much.
Always found this relation of his with the coach as very sweet. Tendulkar said in his sppech today how Achrekar would take him on his scooter to various grounds in Mumbai for playing cricket matches, i mean that is just amazing. He's told other great stories as well liek the 'coin story' which Adidas even used for its commercials. Great relation and ihope upcoming cricketers learn a big lesson from this and start valuing their teachers/coaches as much as Tendulkar did.
In his farewell speech -
The turning point of my career was when my brother (Ajit) took me to Achrekar sir. I was extremely delighted to see him up in the stands. Normally he sits in front of the television and he watches all the games that I play. When I was 11/12, those were the days when I used to hop back on his scooter and play a couple of practice matches a day. The first half the innings I would be batting at Shivaji Park, the second half, at some other match in Azad Maidan. He would take me all over Mumbai to make sure I got match practice.
On a lighter note, in the last 29 years, sir has never ever said 'well played' to me because he thought I would get complacent and I would stop working hard. Maybe he can push his luck and wish me now, well done on my career, because there are no more matches, sir, in my life. I will be witnessing cricket, and cricket will always stay in my heart, but you have had an immense contribution in my life, so thank you very much.
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