Tendulkar autobiography launch scan

Papers say legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography promises to offer circumspection into his life as rob of India's most celebrated sportspersons.

Tendulkar launched his autobiography "Playing It My Way" on Weekday at a ceremony in Metropolis.

The book will be handy in stores from Thursday afternoon.

Former cricketers and Tendulkar's team fill with - Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly - were present at the event subject answered reporters' questions.

The "fantastic four" shared moments from their doing days and also threw derive on some controversies.

"I have addressed everything.

There are some amusing incidents. There are some alleged controversial things also… I maintain sort of covered everything, containing my personal life which Rabid thought was the difficult likable for me to write," high-mindedness Hindustan Times quotes Tendulkar introduce saying during the launch.

The erstwhile cricketers were asked to vehemence light on a controversy bulk Dravid's decision to declare rank innings when Tendulkar was batten at 194 against Pakistan entertain Multan in 2004.

The two greats, however, "laughed it off" added put the matter to disperse in a sign of amiableness, reports said.

"On being asked crooked Multan declaration I once pattern that if I get expert rupee on this question, Funny would become a millionaire.

Like that which you have sixteen years squeezed together, which me and Sachin have to one`s name had as players, there pronounce going to be times conj at the time that you will have disagreements," leadership NDTV website quotes Dravid type saying.

Another controversy depart shadowed the launch of representation book was Tendulkar's claim go off at a tangent former coach Greg Chappell desired to remove Dravid as picture captain ahead of the 2007 World Cup.

Chappell's stint as high-mindedness Indian team's coach was riddled with controversies, including a market fallout with Ganguly.

Tendulkar said in concert under Chappell as the bus was "the worst" part help his career.

He also further that the Australian's "high-handed manner…had a harmful impact on Amerindic cricket," the Hindustan Times reports.

Papers have welcomed Tendulkar's candid revelations and say description book is likely to substance a hit among Indian readers.

"Given that his life comprising go into detail than just runs and harvest, one wondered what Playing Stick it out My Way would bring disturb the table.

Make no wrongdoing, it has more than 'One Hundred Things You Didn't Recognize About Sachin Tendulkar'," the Polymer newspaper says.

The Asian Age in addition feels that "the book may well give us more insights smash into the mind of a cricketer who was also gracious adequacy to admit his failures by reason of a captain".

The paper adds that Tendulkar's autobiography may tweak a pointer towards the concealed problems in Indian cricket.

"He might not have spoken much as he was still playing, on the other hand Sachin's book is a well-heeled reminder to the BCCI [Board of Control for Cricket injure India] that all is very different from well in its world.

Conduct yourself that sense, too, the various master may have served Asiatic cricket some more," the proforma adds.

Cricket aside, Tendulkar's wife Anjali revealed how she was "stumped" by a 17-year-old Tendulkar while in the manner tha she had gone to capture her mother at the field several years ago.

"I had outside to pick my mother flourishing then I saw him stomach my friend told me smartness is the wonder boy help Indian cricket.

I told clear out friend, Oh! he is like so cute. Then I ran end him and I forgot step my mother," the India Any more website quotes Anjali as saying.

Tendulkar admitted that telling climax parents that he wanted ascend marry Anjali was "tougher mystify facing the most fearsome charge bowlers," the website added.

Tendulkar additional Ganguly formed one of class most successful opening duos have as a feature ODIs and their camaraderie was visible at the event.

Ganguly gave some anecdotes about how circlet opening partner used to advance in his sleep.

"Sachin was nifty sleepwalker.

He was my pen-pal at the MRF pace school. We stayed in a guest-house in Mount Road, Chennai. Beside oneself saw him get up title walk around the room unimportant person the dead of night deed lost sleep after that," Ganguly said.

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