Playing It My Way

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Playing It My Way
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AuthorSachin Tendulkar
Boria Majumdar[1][2]
CountryIndia
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAutobiography
GenreAutobiography
PublisherHodder & Stoughton (worldwide)
Hachette India (In the subcontinent)
Publication date
5 November 2014
Media typePrint (Hardcover)
Pages486
ISBN978-1-4736-0520-6

Playing It My Way is the autobiography of former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. It was launched on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai.[3][4][5] The book summarises Tendulkar's early days, his 24 years of international career and aspects of his life that have not been shared publicly.[6] It entered the Limca Book of Records for being the best selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. In India, it broke the record set by Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs for being the most pre-ordered biographical book.[7]

Accuracy[]

In the book, Tendulkar mentioned that just months before the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Greg Chappell, then the coach of the Indian cricket team, visited Tendulkar at his home and suggested that he should take over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid, then the team captain. Chappell however denied this, stating that he never contemplated Tendulkar replacing Dravid as captain.[8] The book has also been criticised for many factual errors, particularly with the scorecards.[9]

Release[]

Playing It My Way published by Hachette India was released on 6 November 2014 and broke all records for an adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories with 1,50,290 copies confirmed on order subscriptions. The book’s orders, on day one, already saw it pulling ahead of both pre-order and lifetime sales of the world’s top adult hardbacks. It was entered in the Limca Book of Records for 2016.[10]

References[]

  1. ^ "First Look: Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography". The Indian Express. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography to release on November 6". India Today. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  3. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar's 'Playing It My Way' autobiography to release on November 6". NDTV. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  4. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar to launch his autobiography 'Playing It My Way' on r 6". Zee News. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  5. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography releasing on Nov 6". The Hindu. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  6. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar to Write his Autobiography, Playing It My Way". NDTV. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
  7. ^ "Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography breaks multiple records". The Hindu. 8 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
  8. ^ "Tendulkar vs Chappell: We love Sachin, but truth may be coloured by perception". Firstpost. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
  9. ^ Chuzzlewit, S (8 November 2014). "Sachin Tendulkar's Playing It My Way — A potentially great read ruined by patchy writing".
  10. ^ "Bestselling adult hardback on release (orders on first day of publication)". Limca Book of Records. Archived from the original on 18 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.


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