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Indian sportspersons pay tribute to their Gurus on Teacher's Day

Coaches are an integral part of the success of any sportsperson and arguably one of the greatest batsmen of all time, Sachin Tendulkar, walked down memory lane to recollect an incident where he had been admonished by his coach Ramakant Achrekar for missing a practice match.

"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," Tendulkar said in a video posted as a tribute to Achrekar on Teachers' Day. "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."

The likes of Virat Kohli, PV Sindhu and Sushil Kumar owe a lot of their success to the ones who have toiled behind the scenes from a long time to help make them what they are.

 

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