Mumbai, Nov 5 : Former Indian batsman Sachin Tendulkar's autobiography ' Playing it my Way' was officially released in Mumbai on Wednesday.

Many former cricketers graced the ceremony, including Sunil Gavaskar, Dilip Vengsarkar, Ravi Shastri, Vasu Paranjape, Rahul Dravid, VVS Laxman and Saurav Ganguly.

"You will not get a more cricketing evening than this, and it is appropriate that someone who stands for cricket in India should have brought such an audience like this," said commentator and journalist Harsha Bhogle.

Boria Majumdar, who co-authored the book, said the book was a 'three-and a half years long pregnancy'.

"The biggest challenge we faced was that his life is a public book, so is there any part that his fans across the world do not know. The second difficulty was to get his voice in a manner that he wants, in a manner that represents Sachin Tendulkar. We also had to talk between tours and practices, which was very difficult," Majumdar told the assembled gathering.

"Sachin calls his wife Anjali the 'best partnership of his life' and this book proves why he feels so," he added.

Bharat Ratna awardee Sachin represented India for 24 years, scoring 15,921 runs in Tests and 18,426 runs in one day internationals. He is the only player to score more than 30,000 runs in all forms of international cricket .

Sachin's autobiography has already garnered controversy after he lashed out at former Indian coach Greg Chappell, claiming that the Australian had suggested that he take over from Rahul Dravid as captain before the 2007 World Cup that was played in the Caribbean.

"Unlike John Wright and Gary Kirsten, Greg was like a ringmaster who imposed his ideas on us," says Tendulkar in his autobiography.

However, Chappell has reportedly rejected the charges as untrue. (ANI)