Ramakant Achrekar

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Ramakant Achrekar
Born Malvan,[1] Maharashtra, India
Citizenship Indian
Occupation Cricket coach
Organization Kamath Memorial Cricket Club
Children Kalpana Murkar
Awards Padma Shri
Dronacharya Award

Ramakant Vithal Achrekar (born 1932) is an Indian cricket coach from Mumbai. He is most famous for coaching young cricketers at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai. He has been a selector for Mumbai cricket team.

Early life and career

Ramakant Vithal Achrekar was born in 1932. Achrekar's playing career was not as distinguished as his coaching career. He started playing cricket in 1943. In 1945, he played club cricket for New Hind Sports Club. He also played for Young Maharashtra XI, Gul Mohar Mills and Mumbai Port. He played in only one first-class cricket match for all-India State Bank against Hyderabad in the Moin-ud-Dowla tournament in 1963–64.

Coaching career

He founded Kamath Memorial Cricket Club at Shivaji Park. It is currently run by his son-in-law Deepak Murkar & daughter Kalpana Murkar.[2][3]

List of notable students

His most famous and successful pupil is Sachin Tendulkar, who was India's most-capped player and leading run-scorer, in both Test and ODI cricket as well as a former national captain. Other notable cricketers who have been under his tutelage and have gone on to represent India and domestic cricket include

Awards and recognition

  • In 1990, he was honoured with the Dronacharya Award for his services to cricket coaching.[4]
  • In 2010, he was conferred with Padma Shri, one of the country's highest civilian awards in sports category at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on 7 April 2010 by the then Indian President Pratibha Patil.[5]
  • In 2010, on 12 February, he was awarded the 'Lifetime Achievement' award by Gary Kirsten, the then coach of the Indian Cricket Team. This award was part of the awards given away for various categories in sports by Sports Illustrated.[6]

References

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