The much-awaited autobiography of batting icon Sachin Tendulkar will hit the stands on November 6 with a high-profile release of the book in his home city Mumbai.

The book, titled ‘Playing It My Way’, will be published worldwide by Hodder and Stoughton and by Hachette India in the Indian sub-continent.

The book has been co-authored by renowned cricket historian and media personality Boria Majumdar.

“I knew that agreeing to write my story would need me to be completely honest, as that’s the way I have always played the game. It would require talking about a number of aspects I have not shared in public before,” said Tendulkar in a press release issued by the publishers.

“So here I am, at the end of my final innings, having taken that last walk back to the pavilion, ready to recount as many incidents as I can remember since first picking up a cricket bat as a child in Mumbai thirty-five years ago,” Tendulkar added.

“My autobiography will be available on Nov 6th Excited,” Tendulkar tweeted.

The front cover of the book shows Tendulkar raising his bat while walking away from the field one last time after his knock of 74 against the West Indies at the Wankhede Stadium on November 15.

Struggling with her form, India’s top shuttler Saina Nehwal has split with National coach Pullela Gopichand and sought the help of former chief coach Vimal Kumar to prepare for the prestigious Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea.

Saina had broken her 20-month long Super Series title draught, winning the Australian Open in June and also performed well at the Uber Cup in May but fitness issues forced her to withdraw from her title defence of Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.

However, despite her best efforts and training, Saina could not win a medal at the World championship last week as she crashed out of the tournament with a straight-game loss to World No.1 Chinese Li Xuerui in the quarterfinals.

With the Asian Games just a fortnight away, Saina has decided to hone her skills with Vimal, whose tips had helped her immensely during her unbeaten run at the Uber Cup.

The 23-year-old flew to Bangalore on Tuesday to train at the Prakash Padukone academy for the next two weeks.

“I wanted to train under Vimal sir ahead of the Asian Games as his advice helped me during the Uber Cup. Asian Games is a big tournament and I feel he can help me,” the Olympic bronze medallist told PTI.

“I reached Bangalore today(on Tuesday) and I will train under him for the next 15 days. I want to win a medal at the Asian Games and hope it helps me to do well there.”

Saina’s decision to join Vimal has once again ignited apprehensions about the split with long-time mentor Gopichand, along with whom she had won nearly 20 international titles, including the 2010 Commonwealth Games gold and London Olympic bronze.

However, Saina said it is a temporary decision and she is not thinking about it in that way.

“It is just a 15-day stint and after the tournament I will be back to Hyderabad. Gopi sir remains my coach and this is just a temporary thing,” she added.

Three years back, Saina had decided to train under coach P Bhaskar Babu but after three months of separation, she came back to Gopichand ahead of her preparations for the 2012 London Olympics.

The girl from Hyderabad had won a Super Series title at Denmark in October 2012 and battled issues related to fitness and form for a long time before finally breaking the jinx at the Australian Open in June this year.

Asian Games starts from September 19.

India’s fastest bowler Varun Aaron has started his 10-day training programme under Aussie legend Glenn McGrath at the MRF Pace Foundation as part of a tie-up between the BCCI and company.

The BCCI, in a strategic tie-up with MRF, has announced a 10-day camp for some of the talented pacers but the spotlight will be on speed merchant Aaron, who will be working under McGrath, to iron out the chinks in his bowling as well as learning about the tricks of bowling on pitches Down Under.

India will be playing four Test matches while Aaron will also be eyeing to make a comeback into the ODI team.

Along with Aaron, two other notable names training at the foundation are Ishwar Pandey, who has been a part of the Indian touring party in New Zealand and England, and India discard Ashoke Dinda.

McGrath, who has taken over from Dennis Lillee as the chief coach of India’s premier pace bowling factory, had earlier worked with Aaron and Pandey. McGrath considers Pandey as one of the most talented swing bowlers in the country at the moment.

“Dinda, for his part has developed a lot of technical flaws in his bowling apart from being one-dimensional in his approach. He has been advised to have a stint under McGrath, who can work on his flaws before the Ranji Trophy comes calling in December,” a source in know of the developments told PTI today.

“With Mohammed Shami unlikely to be available due to national duty, an in-form Dinda is a must for Bengal,” he added.

Some of the other pacers, who would be in the camp include Mumbai’s fast medium bowler Shardul Thakur, who had impressed one and all during the last Ranji Trophy season.

There is Rajasthan’s Deepak Chahar, who after a dream Ranji debut spell of 8/10 against Hyderabad, faded into oblivion due to poor form and injuries.

Jharkhand fast bowler Rahul Shukla and Railways’ Anureet Singh, both of whom were a part of India A team in Australia recently, will also be working under McGrath.

Also, there is India U-19 medium pacer Chama Milind, who had represented the country in the last World Cup.

Bengal’s reserve seamer Veer Pratap Singh, lanky UP bowler Ankit Rajput, who had played for CSK in the last IPL, will also be there among the bowlers.