SUMMARY
“Learning the Game” is an extract from Sachin Tendulkar’s
autobiography ‘Playing It My Way.’It narrates his love for
cricket,even from his childhood.
The lesson ‘Learning the Game’ deals with Sachins introduction to the game of cricket. An 11 year old Sachin is depicted in the excerpt. He was lucky to have an encouraging family- a supportive father and a helping brother. Unlike many others, Sachins father, Mr. Ramesh Tendulkar, was confident about his
son’s talents in cricket. But it was his brother Ajit who identified
the cricketer in him. Sachin had a humble beginning- he started
playing cricket with his colony friends in Bandra. At the age of
eleven, his brother took him to Achrekar Sir, a leading coach in
Mumbai.
Though at first he couldn’t impress him, very soon Achrekar Sir
identified the promising talent in Sachin and started training
him. Sachin was very sincere in his practice and he never made
any compromise with the practice sessions, both in the
Ebenezer HSSmorning and evening. Soon, he changed his school to
Sharadashram where Achrekar Sir was the cricket coach and
dedicated his entire time to cricket. As everyone knows, the
secret of his success was sheer hard work and fair play.
Submissive and obedient, he received the blessings of his coach
Achrekar Sir who trained him from his school days.

Prepare a script for introducing Achrekar sir
Introducing Achrekar Sir
Good morning everybody!
Today we have a great celebrity with us. He was born in 1932
at Malvan, Maharshtra.He is a cricket coach. He is the founder
of Kamath Memorial Cricket club at Sivaji Park. The famous
players trained by him are Sachin Tendulkar, Vinod Kambli,
Ajith Agarker. He was awarded the Dronacharya Award in
1990 and Padmasree
in 2010. He is none other than Mr.
Ramakanth Achrekar sir! Let’s welcome him on to the stage!

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Suppose Sachin was staying in the hostel. He wrote a
letter to his parents.How would that letter be?

Mumbai
25 th June 1984
My dear Appa, Amma and Ajith Bhayya,
How are you?Hope you are fine there. Here all the hostlers
are keeping fine.Both the hostel and the school are very
good.The teachers are very loving.The staff in the hostel also
give parent like love and care.The most notable of all is
Achrekar sir,my coach.He is a selfless man.His only concern is
training the students.He has a special love for me.I am sure that
under his guidance I will become a good cricketer.Please pray
for me.Let me remain.
Yours
Sd/-
Sachin
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