First published in Great Britain in 2014 by Hodder & Stoughton
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Copyright © Sachin Tendulkar 2014
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To all my fellow Indians.
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malnutrition in children and the provision of clean water to the underprivileged.
Contents
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. Childhood
2. Learning the Game
3. My First Tour
4. Foreign Conditions
5. Anjali
6. Years of Consolidation
7. World Cup 1996
8. Captaincy – The First Stint
9. A Four-Month Honeymoon
10. Tumultuous Times
11. The Best Series Ever
12. Standing Up for Myself
13. A Glorious English Summer
14. World Cup 2003
15. Away Wins
16. Under the Knife
17. ‘Endulkar’
18. Bad Language
19. Bouncing Back
20. The IPL
21. Number One
22. Staying at the Top
23. World Cup 2011
24. The Quest for the 100th Hundred
25. My Last Full Season
26. Winding Down
27. The Final Test
28. Last Word
Appendix: Farewell Speech
Career Statistics
Picture Section
Photographic Acknowledgements
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Who do I acknowledge first and how do I acknowledge the millions of cricket supporters who have
stood by me throughout my career? My simple answer is to...