He is a down to earth human being: Ranade

Mumbai: Perhaps no one has been as close to Sachin Tendulkar as Mumbai Ranji player Atul Ranade. Though Sachin and Vinod Kambli became household names, Ranade has the privilege of spending his days with Sachin right from his childhood.Ranade, who plays for local MIG Cricket Club and will leave for England by the end of this month to play Minor County Cricket for Hitchin Cricket Club at Hertford, said, "We (Sachin and I) know each other since the time we got admitted to the nursery section in New English School Bandra (East), may be at the age of three

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