Playing It My Way

Playing It My Way

Author	Sachin Tendulkar Boria Majumdar[1][2]
Language	English
Subject	Autobiography
Genre	Autobiography
Publisher	Hodder & Stoughton (worldwide) Hachette India (In the subcontinent)
Publication date	5 November 2014
Publication place	India
Media type	Print (Hardcover)
Pages	486
ISBN	978-1-4736-0520-6

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.[7] In India, it broke the record set by Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs for being the most pre-ordered biographical book, amassing the record by 20,000 orders.[8]

Accuracy

In the book, Tendulkar mentioned that just months before the 2007 Cricket World Cup, Greg Chappell, who was at this time 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.[9] Chappell however denied this, stating that he never contemplated Tendulkar replacing Dravid as captain.[10] The book has also been criticised for many factual errors, particularly with the scorecards.[11]

Release

Playing It My Way was released on 6 November 2014. It was entered in the Limca Book of Records for 2016.[7] It was co-written by Sachin Tendulkar himself, and Boria Majumdar. [3][4]

References

1. "First Look: Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography". The Indian Express. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
2. "Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography to release on November 6". India Today. Archived from the original on 2 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
3. "Sachin Tendulkar's 'Playing It My Way' autobiography to release on November 6". NDTV. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
4. "Sachin Tendulkar to launch his autobiography 'Playing It My Way' on r 6". Zee News. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
5. "Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography releasing on Nov 6". The Hindu. 2 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
6. "Sachin Tendulkar to Write his Autobiography, Playing It My Way". NDTV. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 2 September 2014.
7. "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.
8. "Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography breaks multiple records". The Hindu. 8 November 2014. Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2016.
9. Tendulkar, Sachin; Majumdar, Boria (2014). Playing it my way: my autobiography. London: Hodder & Stoughton. ISBN 978-1-4736-0520-6.
10. "Tendulkar vs Chappell: We love Sachin, but truth may be coloured by perception". Firstpost. 5 November 2014. Archived from the original on 22 February 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
11. Chuzzlewit, S (8 November 2014). "Sachin Tendulkar's Playing It My Way — A potentially great read ruined by patchy writing". Archived from the original on 3 July 2015. Retrieved 2 July 2015.