Ramakant Achrekar, the man who made Sachin Tendulkar, dies in Mumbai

Achrekar is best known for being his childhood coach and has always been acknowledged by the celebrated right-hander for the role he played in shaping his career as a child. Tendulkar was coached by Achrekar at the Shivaji Park here. "Sir did not say well-played to me ever, (but) I knew (when) Sir has taken me to have bhelpuri or paani-puri, Sir is happy, I have done something nice on the field," Tendulkar had said last year at an event while recalling Achrekar's contribution in making him the cricketer he became. Achrekar was bestowed with the Padmashri award in 2010. Besides Tendulkar, he also coached many other international players like Vinod Kambli, Pravin Amre, Sameer Dighe, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Ramesh Powar, Ajit Agarkar, Chandrakant Pandit and current Indian batting coach Sanjay Bangar. Dailyhunthttps://wanelo.co/zeerakeerase