New Delhi: Despite scoring truckloads of runs in domestic cricket, Amol Muzumdar’s dream of representing India never saw the light of day. Perhaps, fate had planned it all along. During his school days, Muzumdar was rated highly along with his schoolmates Sachin Tendulkar and Vinod Kambli at Shardashram Vidyamandir School in Mumbai.

Coached by Ramakant Achrekar, Muzumdar once famously waited with his pads on for two days as Achrekar’s other two students, Tendulkar and Kambli, shared a world-record 664-run partnership in a 1988 school. Mazumdar never got a chance to bat, and while Tendulkar and Kambli went on to play for India, Muzumdar, despite proving himself in domestic cricket year after year, kept waiting for his chance and finally ended a two-decade-long illustrious career in 2014.

See Full Page