da bet7k： Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the three-matchTest series in Sri Lanka starting on August 14, after the second scandone on Thursday night revealed that the hairline fracture on hisright toe had not healed properly
10-Aug-2001Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has pulled out of the three-matchTest series in Sri Lanka starting on August 14, after the second scandone on Thursday night revealed that the hairline fracture on hisright toe had not healed properly. This is the first time Tendulkar will have missed a Test match since he made his debut against Pakistan at Karachi in November 1989, making it a total of 84 Tests on the trot.The Indian Cricket Board (BCCI) executive secretary Sharad Diwadkartold PTI in Mumbai today that Tendulkar, who underwent a third scan,informed BCCI secretary Jayawant Lele in Baroda that he would pull outof the Test series as the injury had not healed properly.Radiologist Dr Bhujang Pai, who is treating the master batsman, saidthat Tendulkar would now consult a senior orthopaedic surgeon as thebone scan and CT scan done showed that the fracture had not healedcompletely.Sports medicine expert Dr Anant Joshi will decide which orthopaedicdoctor has to be consulted, he added. “Tendulkar, who was to undergobone scan today, was suffering from acute pain, after he returned fromChennai where he had gone to shoot a commercial. He called up head ofHinduja Hospital nuclear department Dr BA Krishna and the decision todo the bone scan was taken immediately,” Pai added.Baroda’s Jacob Martin, named as a standby, will take Tendulkar’splace on the tour.