The statue of Ramakant Achrekar Sir, coach of legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar, will be installed at Kamath Memorial Cricket Club located at Shivaji Park in Mumbai. This information was given by Sachin Tendulkar himself in a social post on Saturday. The 51-year-old former batsman posted a selfie on X post on Saturday and wrote – ‘I am pointing to the place from where my journey started – Kamath Memorial Cricket Club in Shivaji Park. Soon Achrekar Sir’s presence here will be immortalized with his statue. This will be a true tribute to the person who shaped the lives of countless people.’ In this photo, Sachin was seen showing Kamath Memorial Cricket Club located at Shivaji Park. Achrekar’s awards and honors… Maharashtra government approved on Sports Day
On the occasion of Sports Day on August 29, the Maharashtra government approved the proposal to install a 6 feet high statue of Achrekar near Gate No. 5 of Shivaji Park. The Municipal Corporation will be responsible for building it. On this, Sachin had said that Achrekar Sir has had a great influence on my life and many others. I am speaking on behalf of all his students. His life revolved around cricket in Shivaji Park. His wish would have been to always stay in Shivaji Park. I am very happy with the government’s decision to build a statue of Achrekar Sir at his Karmabhoomi. He died in 2019, produced 14 international cricketers
Ramakant Achrekar passed away on 2 January 2019 at the age of 87. 14 cricketers who learned cricket from him have been part of the Indian team. These include Sachin Tendulkar, Ramnath Parkar, Eknath Solkar, Balwinder Singh Sidhu, Lalchand Rajput, Chandrakant Pandit, Praveen Amre, Vinod Kambli, Sameer Dighe, Sanjay Bangar, Paras Mhambrey, Ramesh Pawar, Ajit Agarkar and Sairaj Bahutule.
