The autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar to be published as a comic book

The autobiography of the Indian cricketing legend Sachin Tendulkar ‘Playing It My Way’ is set to be published as a comic book. The book is expected to be out for sale in a week’s time. The original book saw the highest collection as it was bought by a huge number of people around the world. The Master Blaster will don the new avatar in the comic of the book written by himself and surely it is going to lure and inspire many children.

When the original book was published in November 2014, the fans of Sachin all over the world were crazy for it. It was, at one stage, a sellout and the demand was not decreasing ever so slightly. But the master has kept his fans busy since his retirement as he also came on screen for his film ‘Sachin: A Billion Dreams’. The film was also one of the finest like his book and collected a huge amount of money.

Exciting features for young readers

According to a report in Times of India, the truncated version of the book will be published for the younger generation. The publishers Hachette India have also confirmed that a part of the autobiography of Sachin Tendulkar is being converted into a comic book. “Sachin’s team has worked on the book and it will have features that will be exciting for the young readers,” said Thomas Abraham from Hachette India.

It is being learnt that the famous tale of his childhood which explains why his coach Ramakant Achrekar one rupee coin on stumps for the bowlers to claim if they rattled the stumps of the class batsman. Also, there will be a comic hero portion in the book which includes some of the most memorable stages of Sachin’s life and his sparkling show in Sharjah which is fondly remembered even today as ‘Desert Storm’.

As mentioned in Times of India, the comic would be half the size of the original book which was of 486 pages and it will be priced at one-third of the original one.