On the occasion of Teacher’s Day, Sachin Tendulkar has posted a video on Twitter as a tribute to childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar. The so called God of cricket went down memory lane and described an incident which probably changed his life. During his school days, when Sachin used to play for the junior team and coach Ramakant Achrekar had organized a practice match and told Sachin to bat at no. 4. But Sachin skipped the practice match and instead went to cheer for his senior team during the Harris Shield finals at the Wankhede Stadium.
Coach Achrekar scolded Sachin in front of everyone and told to focus on his own game so that one day world claps for him.
“Back in my school days, I used to play only for the junior team and our senior team was playing the Harris Shield finals at the Wankhede Stadium.”
“And our coach Ramakant Achrekar sir had organised a practice match for me. He had told me to go there after school and bat at number four. He said he had spoken to the captain and you would not need to field. That used to be my training. That was important because you needed to figure out your game there and figure out how to score runs in the middle.”
“But I left all of that and sat at the Wankhede watching the Harris Shield final, cheering the senior team, clapping. After the match, I saw Achrekar sir and I thought it would be good to wish him. He asked me how many runs I got in the match and I told him I never went to play it because I wanted to cheer the senior team and clap for them.”
“Then he scolded me a lot in front of everybody and said I did not need to clap for others. He said I should take care of my own game and do something so that one day, the world can clap for you.”
“That was the biggest lesson of my life. After that day, I never missed another match,” Sachin added.