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Commentator Padamjeet Sehrawat reveals a heartwarming story of former India pacer Ashish Nehra gifting a house to his childhood coach Tarak Sinha when he was asked to vacate his rented house in two days.
Ashish Nehra gifted his childhood coach Tarak Sinha in a new house. (Picture Credit: PTI)
Ace commentator Padamjeet Sehrawat, while speaking in a recent podcast, the video of which is now going viral on the internet, revealed a heartwarming story of former Indian fast bowler Ashish Nehra and how he saved his childhood coach Tarak Sinha from a major crisis. Tarak, who passed away in 2021, ran Sonnet Cricket Club in Delhi, which he founded in 1969. The likes of Nehra, Shikhar Dhawan, Aakash Chopra, Rishabh Pant, Manoj Prabhakar, and Anjum Chopra, among others, trained under him before going on to make a big name for themselves as India players.
While narrating a story of Nehra’s grand gesture for Tarak, Sehrawat said that when the 2011 ODI World Cup winner came to know about his childhood coach’s financial issues and his struggles to find a new house after the owner of his old house asked him to vacate the property within two days, he gifted him a new house.
“Once, Nehra was training at Sonnet Cricket Club, and coach Tarak Sinha was late to reach the ground. Nehra teased his coach, saying, ‘How will you train your students as you yourself come late’?” said Padamjeet.
“Tarak Sinha replied, ‘You’re an Indian cricketer; you live in a bungalow, and I live in a rented house. My house owner has sent a notice that two will have to leave that place within two days. I went to search for a new place and hence got late’.”
“For the next two days after that banter, the club remained closed due to rain, and on the third day, Ashish Nehra got three hours late to reach the club. Reigniting the banter, Sinha sir said, ‘Test player! You were giving wise words that day; what happened to you today?'” he added.
“Nehra handed over the key of a house to Sinha, revealing that he had bought him a new home to save him from his crisis,” Padamjeet concluded.
Apart from training 12 Indian players and more than 100 first-class cricketers, Sinha briefly served as the head coach of the Indian women’s cricket team between 2001 and 2002. He won the Dronacharya Award in 2018 for his lifetime contributions to the sport.
