Sachin Tendulkar - Playing it My Way

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"I knew that if I agreed to write my story, I would have to be completely honest, as thats the way I have always played the game and that would mean talking about a number of things I have not addressed in public before. So here I am, at the end of my final innings, having taken that last walk back to the pavilion, ready to recount as many incidents as I can remember since first picking up a cricket bat as a child in Mumbai thirty-five years ago". --Sachin Tendulkar

The greatest run-scorer in the history of cricket, Sachin Tendulkar retired in 2013 after an astonishing 24 years at the top. The most celebrated Indian cricketer of all time, he received the Bharat Ratna - India's highest civilian honor-on the day of his retirement. Now Sachin Tendulkar tells his own remarkable story-from his first Test cap at the age of 16 to his 100th International century and the emotional final farewell that brought his country to a standstill. When a boisterous Mumbai youngster's excess energies were channelled into cricket, the result was record-breaking schoolboy batting exploits that launched the career of a cricketing phenomenon. Before long Sachin Tendulkar was the cornerstone of India's batting line-up, his every move watched by a cricket-mad nation's devoted followers.

Never has a cricketer been burdened with so many expectations, never has a cricketer performed at such a high level for so long and with such style - scoring more runs and making more centuries than any other player, in both Tests and one-day games. And perhaps only one cricketer could have brought together a shocked nation by defiantly scoring a Test century shortly after terrorist attacks rocked Mumbai.

His many achievements with India include winning the World Cup and topping the world Test rankings. Yet he has also known his fair share of frustration and failure - from injuries and early World Cup exits to stinging criticism from the press, especially during his unhappy tenure as captain.

Despite his celebrity status, Sachin Tendulkar has always remained a very private man, devoted to his family and his country. Now, for the first time, he provides a fascinating insight into his personal life and gives a frank and revealing account of a sporting life like no other. The book is in Sachin's own words as told to his Co-writer Boria Majumdar who worked closely with Sachin.

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Born in Mumbai, Sachin Tendulkar made his Test debut in Pakistan at the age of 16 in 1989. One of the most gifted and entertaining batsmen to have played international cricket, he scored more runs and made more centuries than any other player in history-in both Tests and ODIs. He made his first Test century at the age of 17, at the age of 36 he became the first player to make a one-day double century and in 2012 he scored his 100th international hundred. With India he won the World Cup in 2011 and reached the top of the world Test rankings in the same year. In 2013, he retired from cricket after playing his 200th and final Test in front of his home crowd in Mumbai.
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read the article in the newspaper. i guess he was advised that some controversy would be good for the sales. knowing sachin, i find it hard to believe that he did it by himself.
 

I can understand shoib akhtar saying tendulkar was trying to get off strike when he was bowling before the release of his autobiography but coming from tendulkar whose record over two decades speaks volumes and specially a guy who hardly ever spoke throughout his career
, is quite shocking for me.
He is no ragtag cricketer. Why sensationalize stuff that has never been a part of your personality. I am sure there is enough following for tendulkar if sales is the sole criteria and many aspire to be like him and idolise him. Its also quite baffling to see other cricketers coming out with stuff with the only exeption being dravid whom I totally agree with and have ample respect for.
Greg chappel had his own way of doing things and its a known fact he never got down well with the team. Highlighting aspects of cricket that made tendulkar would have been a better way of promoting an autobiography of a man of tendulkars stature
 

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