Former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar met his childhood friend and former Indian cricketer Vinod Kambli. Both met during a memorial event for their childhood coach Ramakant Achrekar.
Ramakant Achrekar was the coach and mentor of both Tendulkar and Kambli. Both were regarded as prodigies during their early days. Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli were 16 and 17 years old respectively when they had a world-record partnership of 664 runs during their school days.
Many former mentees of Ramakant Achrekar joined the memorial event in Mumbai. The likes of Paras Mambhrey, Pravin Amre, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Samir Dighe, and Sanjay Bangar attended their former mentor’s memorial event.
Sachin meeting his former friend and teammate Kambli was the highlight of the event. Kambli was also considered to become a great batter but inconsistency and off-field issues halted his career. Kabli scored two double centuries in his first four test matches.
Video of Sachin Tendulkar meeting Vinod Kambli goes viral on internet
The video of Sachin meeting Kambli went viral on the internet. Many fans pointed out Kambli’s poor health and condition. Kambli has mentioned in the past that he solely relies on the pension from the BCCI to take care of his family. He had had many off-field issues as well.
In another viral video a few months ago, Kambli was seen struggling to stand up. Fans were confused if he was unwell or under the influence of alcohol.
The former left-hand batter has played 17 tests and 104 ODIs for India. He has scored 1084 runs at an average of 54.20 including 4 hundreds and two double hundreds in test cricket.
In ODIs, he has 2477 runs to his name at an average of 32.59 including 2 centuries and 14 fifties.
