‘I keep in mind strolling as much as him and telling him, “Sambhal ke khelna“.’
IMAGE: Sachin Tendulkar bats throughout a Take a look at towards Pakistan in Lahore in 1989. {Photograph}: Ben Radford/Allsport/Getty Photographs
Hemant Kenkre was Sachin Tendulkar’s first captain on the senior degree.
Practically 35 years in the past, Kenkre captained the long run batting nice in his Kanga League debut match when the 15 yearold performed for the Cricket Membership of India.
Kenkre, who performed membership cricket in Mumbai for a few years, considers himself fortunate to have captained CCI in that match as common skipper Sandeep Patil was away.
That match continues to be as contemporary in his thoughts as if it occurred “yesterday”, remembers Kenkre, who additionally performed membership cricket in UK and Singapore.
Kenkre remembers giving Tendulkar his pads, which got to him by Sunil Gavaskar, Hemant’s first cousin.
On the event of Sachin’s fiftieth birthday on Monday, April 24, 2023, Hemant Kenkre tells Rediff.com‘s Harish Kotian how Sachin hit seasoned Ranji Trophy tempo bowler Sharad Rao for a straight six off the primary ball.
‘That one specific match I keep in mind, I’m speaking in regards to the Kanga League. It was superb. I can not think about the place we’re after practically 35 years. I keep in mind the day like yesterday.
The opposite matches it’s a must to be poked or prodded, ‘Do you keep in mind that?’, however with Sachin I keep in mind it was 1988 as a result of it was after the the Prudential World Cup Cup in 1987.
I had already met him. Any individual had stolen his pads.
I had Morrant pads which have been patented by Dilip Jajodia in London, who’s the proprietor of Duke Balls. The pads got to me in 1980 by Sunil Gavaskar, who was taking part in county cricket for Somerset. I used to be taking part in league cricket in London and on the identical time.
Sunil instructed me he was shopping for new padss so take these ones.
These pads, from 1982 to 1987, have been in obscurity if I could put it that means. Achrekar Sir (Ramakant Achrekar, Sachin’s coach) referred to as me as a result of I used to play for a similar membership which Sachin did, the Sasanian Cricket Membership.
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