Have lived my dreams, says Sachin Tendulkar after autobiography launch

Mumbai: After presenting the first copy of his autobiography ‘Playing it My Way’ to his mother Rajni, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar launched the book on Wednesday evening in Mumbai.

In his book, Sachin has made startling revelations about Greg Chappell's era as India coach in 2005-07.

Sunil Gavaskar, VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid among guests to attend the launch. Sachin's closest Mumbai friends Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar were also a part of the event.

Here are the highlights of the event:

• The book launch commenced with Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengasarkar, Ravi Shashtri and Vasu Paranjape on the dias with Harsha Bogle.
• Sunil Gavaskar shared anecdotes of his experience with the Master Blaster.
• I had Kapil Dev bowl at Sachin when he was 15 years old, says Dilip Vengsarkar.
• Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, VVS Laxman and Sachin Tendulkar talk about their experience on the podium.
• We pushed each other to do better, says Rahul Dravid
• I was in awe of Sachin, says VVS Laxman
• I have closed 2004 Multan chapter, says Sachin Tendulkar
• Sachin and I spoke a lot of Marathi when batting together: Dravid
• Sachin as my first captain, made me feel welcome : Laxman
• Atmosphere at 2007 World Cup could have been better: Sachin
• I had no interest in cricket. Just thought this boy (Sachin) was very cute, says wife Anjali
• At the airport, forgot about my mother, was running after him, says wife Anjali
• Sachin was in New Zealand when we decided to get engaged: Anjali
• Anjali pretended to be a journalist to visit his house
• Ajit challenged me to be ‘not out’ in Sydney Test
• To inform Sachin about his father's death was one of the most difficult things to do: Anjali

After the autobiography launch, Sachin spoke about his injuries and other things.

• Achrekar sir reprimanded me when my name appeared in the newspaper
• The headline 'Endulkar' hurt me. The headline was unfair after giving 17 years to cricket
• I confronted Ian Chappell after his 'look at the mirror' article
• I was not watching the World Cup when it was being won
• There are so many things that Ajit has done for me. Right from the days my career began.
• 'We' have lived this dream together of playing for India. Whenever I was stressed, he was also stressed.

Earlier, the batting legend said, “When I started to write this book, I did not know how much time and how much effort it will take. It’s taken me three years precisely to put things together with Boria Majumdar who was extremely committed and was able to pen it down the way I wanted.”

There’s a restless feeling knocking on my door today on the eve of my book launch need all your love and support #PlayingItMyWayLaunch

— sachin tendulkar (@sachin_rt) November 5, 2014