Tendulkar autobiography

[JaFanatic]

:woot:

Fecking ego didn see whether it was a "do" or "dont" :wall:

[Silva]

Okay so the evil white Australian man hated by most indians goes to the home of an icon worshiped by billions of indians and says

'together, we could control Indian cricket for years'

of course our noble Indian hero turns down the evil firange in disgust. I am going out on a limb and saying this never happened. Clearly the people that actually wrote the book wanted some extra masala in it and chappell is an easy target due to the whole world cup fiasco, and with people like zak, bhajji, and ganguly still bashing him in the media.

[Precambrian]

Okay so the evil white Australian man hated by most indians goes to the home of an icon worshiped by billions of indians and says of course our noble Indian hero turns down the evil firange in disgust. I am going out on a limb and saying this never happened. Clearly the people that actually wrote the book wanted some extra masala in it and chappell is an easy target due to the whole world cup fiasco, and with people like zak, bhajji, and ganguly still bashing him in the media.

Oh yeah, Tendulkar needed this controversy to sell his book and earn a fortune without which he'd be bankrupt. Fantastic. And yeah, Tendulkar in his last 27 years at the highest level of cricket has always indulged in such mud slinging, controversies and lies. While Chappell has been always covered in glory. The under arm incident? Never happened. Being chucked out as South Australian coach? Never happened. Leaking confidential mails to public? never happened. Threatening senior players with dire consequences when not ready to do his bidding? Never happened. Your assessment is so balanced, and taking into correct perspective with correct weightage every incident.

[Silva]

Oh yeah, Tendulkar needed this controversy to sell his book and earn a fortune without which he'd be bankrupt. Fantastic. And yeah, Tendulkar in his last 27 years at the highest level of cricket has always indulged in such mud slinging, controversies and lies. While Chappell has been always covered in glory. The under arm incident? Never happened. Being chucked out as South Australian coach? Never happened. Leaking confidential mails to public? never happened. Threatening senior players with dire consequences when not ready to do his bidding? Never happened. Your assessment is so balanced, and taking into correct perspective with correct weightage every incident.

None of the things that you stated have anything to do with my post if you read correctly.

[rkt.india]

Oh yeah, Tendulkar needed this controversy to sell his book and earn a fortune without which he'd be bankrupt. Fantastic. And yeah, Tendulkar in his last 27 years at the highest level of cricket has always indulged in such mud slinging, controversies and lies. While Chappell has been always covered in glory. The under arm incident? Never happened. Being chucked out as South Australian coach? Never happened. Leaking confidential mails to public? never happened. Threatening senior players with dire consequences when not ready to do his bidding? Never happened. Your assessment is so balanced, and taking into correct perspective with correct weightage every incident.

Not Tendulkar but publishers, editors. Its their bread and butter.

[Silva]

BTW their is a difference between need and want. Of course technically tendulkar doesn't need the money from sales from this book. but he also doesn't need the money from the commercials he makes. that doesn't stop him from being in all those ads. Thats not even mentioning the fact that the publishers want to make some money of this as well its not like all these people are in it for charity. And its a known fact that these auto biographies have a lot of masala in them, I don't see why tendulkars would any different.

[maniac]

I am sure like every other celebrity who has written an autobiography Tendulkar has a Ghost writer but that doesn't mean they write whatever they want withou getting a sign off from SRT. Also it is SRT's viewpoint and interpretation.....When Akthar says SRT's legs were shaking or GIlchrist tells SRT violated the spirit of the game,it is their viewpoint or how they interpreted the situation in their heads....might be a ridiculous claim but that is what they interpreted in their heads....so calling things as lies manufractured out of nowhere is ridiculous.

[Silva]

heads....so calling things as lies manufractured out of nowhere is ridiculous.

the thing that I don't buy is that line about how Chappel said he wanted to rule Indian cricket for years to come. Who the hell talks like that in real life? Plus they allegedly talk for an hour yet tendulkar doesn't to give any tactical reason as to why chappel though he would make a better captain than dravid? It was purely about "controlling Indian cricket."

[Number]

A good coach, strict coach and a power hungry coach are different things. No need to mix them up.

[Precambrian]

Not Tendulkar but publishers' date=' editors. Its their bread and butter.[/quote'] Yeah, Tendulkar is now so obliged to help a publisher in need.

[BeautifulGame]

'It is never a pleasant thing to be called a liar' - Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar has revealed the Indian team was ready to abandon their tour of Australia in 2007-08 and accept the consequences, following a three-match ban imposed by match referee Mike Procter on Harbhajan Singh because of an altercation with Andrew Symonds during the Sydney Test. Writing about the incident known as Monkeygate in his autobiography Playing It My Way, Tendulkar says, like he did during the inquiry, that "Harbhajan Singh had not racially abused" Symonds and that the issue "almost caused the tour to be called off." "I must reiterate we were very serious about the boycott … and we were fully prepared to accept the consequences of walking out on the tour, knowing that such an action might have resulted in the ICC banning the Indian team," Tendulkar writes. The Indians, who lost the controversial Sydney Test, were due to travel to Canberra for a tour game but decided, "to lodge an appeal against the decision and in a gesture of protest also decided not to travel to Canberra … It was a time for stern words and strong action." India were ready to leave the tour because they did not agree with Procter's verdict, "and felt that the hearing in Sydney [after the Test] had been something of a farce." Tendulkar took exception to the words used by Procter in his statement: "I believe one group is telling the truth." He writes, "That he banned Bhajji for three months seemed to show up which group in his opinion was lying. It is never a pleasant thing to be called a liar and I was extremely angry." Tendulkar, who was with Harbhajan at the crease when the altercation took place, describes the incident: "Bhajji had gone past 50 when it all started. For a number of overs he had been telling me that Andrew Symonds was trying to get him riled. I asked Bhajji not to rise to it but to continue batting the way he was. I knew only too well that by retaliating he would just play into the Australians' hands. The best thing to do is to ignore such provocation. That's easy enough to say, but of course it's not always so easy to keep your cool at moments of intense pressure. "Bhajji was doing his best and was actually trying to be civil with some of the Australian players, including Brett Lee, when all hell broke loose. Bhajji had playfully tapped Lee on the back after completing a run and Symonds at mid off took exception to this. He apparently did not want an opposition player meddling with Lee and once again hurled abuse at Bhajji. Bhajji is an impulsive and passionate individual and it was only a matter of time before he would retaliate, which he soon did." Tendulkar says the skirmish began, "because Andrew Symonds had been continually trying to provoke Bhajj and it was inevitable that the two would have an altercation at some point. While walking up to Bhajji to try to calm things down, I heard him say 'Teri maa ki' (Your mother . . .) to Symonds. It is an expression we often use in north India to vent our anger and to me it was all part of the game." He writes he was, "surprised to see umpire Mark Benson go up to Bhajji and speak to him. While the umpire was talking to Bhajji, some of the Australian players started to warn him of the dire consequences of his words, presumably to rattle him and disturb his concentration. The ploy paid off when a few overs later Bhajji was out for 63." At that stage Tendulkar said he thought the "matter had ended" with Harbhajan being dismissed, but was surprised a formal complaint had been lodged with the allegation of Harbhajan having called Symonds a "monkey" - a racial insult. "What surprised me most was the haste with which the Australians had lodged their complaint." Tendulkar said he found out later that during Australia's tour of India in October 2007, following an incident in Mumbai, the two boards had instructed their captains to report any incident with "racial elements" to the match referee. "Even so, I still believe that the matter would not have been blown so out of proportion if Ponting had discussed it with the captain Anil Kumble, Harbhajan and the Indian team management before reporting the incident to Mike Procter, the match referee. In turn, Mike Procter could also have handled the matter with a little more sensitivity." After the incident, Tendulkar writes the Sydney Test "assumed a completely different character" and describes the Indians fighting to save the match in the face of a spate of controversial umpiring decisions and what he calls, "rather unsportsmanlike conduct" by some of the Australians. "By the fifth day we were batting to save the game. Mind you, there is little doubt in my mind that we would have drawn had it not been for what seemed to us to be mistakes by the umpires and some rather unsportsmanlike conduct by a few of the Australian players. Rahul Dravid was given out caught behind off Symonds for 38 by umpire Bucknor when his bat seemed to be a fair distance away from the ball. The wicketkeeper Adam Gilchrist was standing up to the stumps at the time and was in the best position to see if the ball had touched Rahul's bat. Yet he who prided himself on walking off if he nicked the ball appealed for the caught-behind and to our disbelief we saw the umpire raise the finger. It was a shocking decision. Some of us actually wondered if Rahul had been given out lbw." Following Dravid's dismissal, Ganguly was given out when, "Michael Clarke and Ricky Ponting decided to appeal for what we thought was a grassed catch at slip. Finally, umpire Bucknor gave Dhoni out leg-before when to us the ball would clearly have missed the stumps. It seemed that every decision that could go against us had done so." Despite the nature of the defeat, Tendulkar says he made it a point to, "go out and congratulate the Australians, regardless of all the controversy and disappointment." His gesture was reciprocated in Perth, when after India's historic victory, "Brett Lee and Adam Gilchrist also came to our dressing room to congratulate us and it was a gesture that was much appreciated." The team had arrived in Perth, "with a sense of purpose. We all felt hurt by what had transpired in Sydney and the best way to vent our anger was on the cricket field. And that is what we did."

[kosingh]

Would be hilarious if Harbhajan writes an autobiography and admits to calling Symonds a monkey.

[Precambrian]

BTW their is a difference between need and want. Of course technically tendulkar doesn't need the money from sales from this book. but he also doesn't need the money from the commercials he makes. that doesn't stop him from being in all those ads. Thats not even mentioning the fact that the publishers want to make some money of this as well its not like all these people are in it for charity. And its a known fact that these auto biographies have a lot of masala in them' date= I don't see why tendulkars would any different.

Equating acting in advertisements and writing books, wonderful. Tendulkar is so worried about a publisher not getting their millions that he is willing to go against 27 documented years of integrity, maturity and dignity to spread a lie about someone with whom he worked nearly a decade back. Brilliant. Or are you saying Tendulkar, the person who spent weeks without sleeping preparing for a World cup match, is going to trust some ghost writer implicitly without even caring to read it before release? Astounding!

[fineleg]

Would be hilarious if Harbhajan writes an autobiography and admits to calling Symonds a monkey.

And having a bandhar nature (kurangu buddhi), he (HS) may actually do so :D

[Precambrian]

None of the things that you stated have anything to do with my post if you read correctly.

Of course you are right. Tendulkar just lent his name to the book. Rest everything is just masala written by the ghost writer. Why should Tendulkar worry about his integrity, dignity and truthfulness he has carefully safeguarded for 27 years at the highest level?

[Zap_Brannigan]

Finally an international cricketer points out gilly's double standards. Its alright if gilly feels that he needs to walk but its hypocrisy to ask others to when he appeals for clear not outs.

[hhunaeh]

I don't get these auto biographies. They reopen old wounds. Isn't it good enough that you got past the conflict the first time, and now you have to try and deal with them all over again? Who started this controversial auto biography practice in cricket anyway?

[Crookbond]

Apparently, Tendulkar wrote about it to BCCI and BCCI did not do anything.

[singhprakash72]

Finally an international cricketer points out gilly's double standards. Its alright if gilly feels that he needs to walk but its hypocrisy to ask others to when he appeals for clear not outs.

Nobody is a saint in International cricket including Indian cricketers but Aussies have been bulls@###g for long about playing hard on the field and keeping the spirit of cricket intact. Instead if they were to say- we want to win at any cost ..that would have earned them some respect despite Sydney fiasco.

[kosingh]

"Tendulkar was also questioned about the perception that he rarely took a stand on major issues in cricket. "If you see in my book, issues on which people believed I should have taken a stand, the only things which I was 100% sure of I stood for that in my book," he said. "If you have read some of the articles I have expressed myself whole-heartedly but on things which were not first-hand information, it is unwise to do that, it is (like) a loose statement and I didn't want to fire loose statements." LOL.