If there’s one photograph that Sachin Tendulkar would have loved to display on his wall at home, it would probably be an image of himself sitting behind Ramakant Achrekar while the coach rode his Lambretta to take him from one match to another in the mid-1980s.

Coach Ramakant Achrekar guiding a young Sachin Tendulkar on his grip at Shivaji Park. Pic courtesy: ‘the making of a cricketer’ by Ajit Tendulkar