Shivaji Park in Mumbai is known to be the cradle of Indian cricket. Even today legends like Sachin Tendulkar, Sunil Gavaskar take a pitstop at this hallowed ground to revive their adolescent memories of training. But Adib Kenkre decided that he would hold the first training session of his new-founded football academy, Kenkre FC, at this ground.
"We were a bunch of passionate people who had formed this academy. We were good and we did not have the fear of losing anything. So with just nine players, we started training at Shivaji Park," recollects Kenkre, who was himself a midfielder and had represented Maharashtra at the national level.