Ramakant Achrekar

Ramakant Vitthal Achrekar
Born1932 (1932)
Died2 January 2019(2019-01-02) (aged 86–87)
Nationality India
OccupationCricket coach
Known forCoaching Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Agarkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Vinod Kambli, etc
ChildrenKalpana Murkar
HonoursDronacharya Award (1990)
Padma Shri (2010)

Ramakant Vitthal Achrekar (1932 – 2 January 2019)[2] was an Indian cricket coach from Mumbai. He was most famous for coaching young cricketers at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai, most notably Sachin Tendulkar. He had also been a selector for the Mumbai cricket team. He also won the Dronacharya Award in 1990 and Padma Shri in 2010

  1. ^ Williams, Richard (21 February 1993). "Cricket: A bat, a ball, and a million dreams". The Independent. London. Retrieved 17 March 2013.
  2. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar's coach Ramakant Achrekar dies aged 87". The Indian Express. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.