Controversially yours an autobiography of a computer
A tell-all book on and by Pakistan cricket's fastest and most controversial bowler.
Controversially Yours is his take on the game, on his peers, on the fraught tussles between bowlers and batsmen and, of course, the institutions that control..
Controversially Yours: An Autobiography
January 1, 2016
In a way, the whole controversy surrounding the book's launch captures his life and career - egged on by a sense of bravado he talks some nonsense in an interview, blown out of proportion and context, unable to backtrack because of his ego and the spotlight on him, and finally has to retract his statements, asking everyone to read the book - which actually doesn't talk about Sachin 'trembling' at all in the first place.
The book provides an excellent glimpse of all the stuff that's happened that has titled him trouble, the immaturity, the narcissism, the single point of perspective, the self-obsession, the 'harmless mischief maker' image in his head, and the behind-the-scenes politics that is the PCB.
The book provides an excellent glimpse of all the stuff that's happened that has titled him trouble, the immaturity, the narcissism, the single point of perspective, the self-obsession, the 'harmless mischief maker' image in his head, and the behind-the-scenes politics that is the PCB.
There are frequent bombastic passages along the lines of “people didn't like me because I was better and made them insecure” and “I've been a marked man because I was better”, and the book is one long rant. It also, surprisin