Whit the selectors slated to finalize the squad for the third test on Sunday Sachin Tendulker fitness was the talking point on Saturday morning. For a change the BCCI acted sensibly and put an end to speculation by issuing a midi statement that made Tendulker unavailable for the third test that start in Kanpure on April 11.
Tendulker will be unavailable for selection for the third test due to his right goring injury, BCCI Secretary Nirnjan Shah said in the release. Sachin is making good progress but has not recovered sufficiently for the third test.
The Release said Tendulker has a rehabilitation programmed to continue and will be monitored closely two weeks rest by former Physio John Gloster After the Australia tour but he made himself available without undergoing any fitness test. As a result he was out of the Chennai test and was eventually rules out of the second.