New Delhi: Former Indian cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were recently spotted greeting each other at a public event in Mumbai. On Tuesday, the two childhood friends attended the revealing event of their late coach Ramakant Achrekar at the iconic Shivaji Park in Mumbai.
In the memory of the renowned coach, who would coach raw and aspiring cricketers at the training facility in Dadar, the Maharashtra government passed a resolution for the installation of the six-feet high statue at the Gate 5 of the Shivaji Park.
Tendulkar and Kambli are considered to be among the prominent students of ‘Achrekar Sir’ and both made their presence at the auspicious event which aims to inspire the future generation in that region or who come to the Maharashtra capital city with high dreams.
There were many other students of Achrekar Sir with the likes of Pravin Amre, Sanjay Bangar, Paras Mhambrey, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, and Samir Dighe ensured to attend the event.
Notably, the eyeballs gathered the moment Sachin went toward Kambli, who was seated at left corner of the stage. The Indian batting legend was seen interacting with his old friend as Kambli donned a pleasant smile on his face. A video of the whole moment was captured by netizens and has been circulated on social media platform X.
Here’s the video to watch:
Sachin Tendulkar meets his childhood friend and former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli at the unveiling ceremony of memorial for legendary cricket coach Ramakant Achrekar in Mumbai
Vinod Kambli is so happy to see Sachin🥹😭 Puraane dost feels❤️ pic.twitter.com/CxaKth7SGL
— Khel Tok (@Kheltok) December 3, 2024
How Tendulkar and Kambli saw different paths in their cricket journeys
Tendulkar and Kambli definitely trained under the same coach in Mumbai, but never had the same journey. On one hand Tendulkar dominated the international stage by setting ample of batting records in Tests and One-Day International cricket, Kambli didn’t make a longer career at the same level.
Kambli only played 17 Tests and 104 One-Day Internationals for India between 1991 and 2000. He started off his career brilliantly with back-to-back double-centuries coming against England (224 at Wankhede) and Zimbabwe (227 at the erstwhile Feroz Shah Kotla). He couldn’t maintain the consistency with his scores, failing to score a half-century in his last 10 innings.
Tendulkar is the highest run-getter in both Tests (15921) and ODIs (18426) while Kambli made 1084 runs in 21 Test innings and 2477 runs in 97 ODI innings.
Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli are considered to be among the prominent students of ‘Achrekar Sir’ and both made their presence at the auspicious event of unveiling of their coach’s memorial. Cricket Sports News: Latest Cricket News, Cricket Live Score, Sports Breaking News from Sports Today
