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Hemant Waingankar

‘Sachin Tendulkar is the nearest thing to the Greatest — Sir Donald Bradman’

The first time I heard about Sachin Tendulkar was from Hemant Waingankar. It was around 1987. I had left for Australia in 1985 and I had met Hemant when I visited Mumbai. Hemant told be about this exceptionally talented boy — a freak.

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Sachin Tendulkar and Siddhesh Lad: The locket story that connects the two

Siddhesh Lad was born on May 23, 1992. More specifically, he was born 111 days after Sachin Tendulkar scored that coming-of-age hundred in Perth. At 21 years and 153 days, Lad is the youngest member of the Mumbai Ranji Trophy squad that will travel to Lahli, with Tendulkar, for the opener against Haryana

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Former MCA joint secretary Hemant Waingankar passes away

Hemant Waingankar, a former joint secretary of the Mumbai Cricket Association, passed away. He was 60 and is survived by wife, two sons and a daughter.

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