He was most famous for coaching young cricketers at Shivaji Park in Dadar, Mumbai, most notably Sachin Tendulkar.

He also won the Dronacharya Award in 1990 and Padma Shri in 2010 Ramakant Vitthal Achrekar was born in 1932.

He played in only one first-class cricket match, for State Bank of India against Hyderabad in the Moin-ud-Dowlah Gold Cup Tournament in 1963.

The book has garnered critical praise from various publications, including the Wisden India Almanack.

He coached and nurtured numerous cricketers, including the Test players Sachin Tendulkar, Ajit Agarkar, Chandrakant Pandit, Vinod Kambli, Ramesh Powar and Pravin Amre.