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India’s newly-appointed T20I captain Suryakumar Yadav’s childhood coach Ashok Aswalkar has been removed from his curator and coach job at the Anushaktinagar Sports Management Committee (ASMC) ground in Chembur. Aswalkar served at ASMC for 24 years. Before getting sacked, he earned Rs 26,000 and Rs 15,000 per month for his role as groundsman and coach respectively.
Aswalkar said that he lost his job after he went to attend his nephew’s wedding after informing the authorities. He revealed that he hid the news from his family members about what happened with him.
“I didn’t even tell my family members that I had lost my job. I just messaged Surya to say that I lost my job and told him who was responsible for this damage. Surya in response stopped entertaining that particular person,” Aswalkar told Mid-Day.
“I went to attend my nephew’s wedding in Malvan with prior intimation. They [ASMC] asked me to meet them on my return on December 31. I did so, but no one spoke to me during my three-hour visit. I was then told via a message to return home and I would be called again. This was humiliating. When I was told to visit the place a week later, no one met me again. After one month I got a message at my home that few [ASMC] members wanted to meet me at the ground. I met and spoke with Mr [Ramakant] Sahu and two other committee members there. They asked me questions and listened carefully to what I said.”
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Aswalkar revealed that the last salary he drew was Rs 26,911 in December 2023. He claimed there was no proper communication from ASMC.
ASMC in-charge Sahu falsifies Aswalkar’s claims
Meanwhile, ASMC in-charge Ramakant Sahu said that he is open to hiring Aswalkar as coach starting October. While the 61-year-old said that he informed about the wedding beforehand, Sahu said that Aswalkar "suddenly disappeared in the middle of a cricket tournament" and did not respond to the phone calls.
However, Aswalkar has made up his mind. He is coaching youngsters in an indoor turf facility at Chembur and has had conversations with Surya about starting a cricket academy which will tend to the needy as money was never a priority for him. Currently, he is earning Rs 10,000 per month.
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