Popularly known as ‘God of Cricket’, Sachin Tendulkar might have bid adieu to cricket but he continues to create new records.
As per reports, Sachin’s autobiography titled ‘Playing It My Way’ has now entered the Limca Book of Records for being the Best-selling adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories with 1,50,289 copies confirmed on order subscriptions.
Published by Hachette India, ‘Playing It My Way’ was released on November 6, 2014 and broke all records for an adult hardback across both fiction and non-fiction categories. On day one, the book’s orders were ahead of both pre-order and lifetime sales of the world’s top adult hardback books including Dan Brown’s Inferno, Walter Issacson’s Steve Jobs and JK Rowling’s Casual Vacancy.
When it was first announced that Sachin was writing an autobiography, the initial reaction was of euphoria. Sachin Tendulkar is not merely a person or a cricketer but he has become an icon of the nation. Who would not like to peek into the heart and mind of the most popular cricketer ever?