Ramakant Achrekar

Sachin Tendulkar recalls when he faced elder brother Ajit and did not want to win

Sachin Tendulkar was speaking after inaugurating the pavilion at the MIG Cricket Club in suburban Bandra, which was named after him.

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Shiv Sena asks Sachin Tendulkar to boycott all govt programmes after his coach Ramakant Achrekar was denied State funeral

The Shiv Sena stressed that not being accorded a state funeral did not lessen Ramakant Achrekar's contribution to the game in any way but only exposed the inefficiency of the government

Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli among students gathered to bid final farewell to coach Ramakant Achrekar

Pictures from the funeral procession of Sachin Tendulkar's childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar, who passed away in the evening of 2 January in Mumbai.

Maharashtra minister reasons 'communication gap' for not granting state funeral to Sachin Tendulkar's first coach Ramakant Achrekar

Housing minister Prakash Mehta, who represented the state government at the funeral of the celebrated cricket coach, said Achrekar not being given a state funeral was "sad and unfortunate".

Legendary coach Ramakant Achrekar cremated with tearful Sachin Tendulkar in attendance

Achrekar, the childhood coach of Tendulkar, passed away at 87 on Wednesday at his Shivaji Park residence in Dadar in Central Mumbai.

When Ramakant Achrekar turned up at Shivaji Park to coach kids hours after his son's death: Excerpt from legendary coach's biography

Success for him was synonymous with his students’ success. It is not surprising therefore, to see Achrekar getting unconditional love and respect from his students even today.

Slapping Chandrakant Pandit after triple ton to pulling up Vinod Kambli for indiscipline, Ramakant Achrekar shaped characters and cricketers

Achrekar’s selfless devotion to the game resulted in him producing the maximum number of Test cricketers for India.

LISTEN: Full script of Episode 114 of Spodcast where we discuss Kevin Anderson's victory, Indian football team at AFC Asian Cup and more

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