“Hopefully, he will play today. He is recovering well.
Sachin Tendulkar, who is down with a wrist injury, today sweated out at
the Mumbai Indians net session though he remains a doubtful starter for
the second IPL qualifier against Rajasthan Royals here tomorrow.
His team-mate Dwayne Smith said the senior India batsman has been
recovering well from the left wrist injury he sustained last week. The
injury kept him out for two league games as well as the first qualifier
against Chennai Super Kings in New Delhi.
“Hopefully, he will play today. He is recovering well,” Smith said at
the match-eve press conference.
At the nets, Tendulkar swung his arms to bowl his medium pacers from
both on and round the wicket for about 45 minutes.
He was fully active on the field and also played football with his
teammates.
Tendulkar, however, did not bat at the nets, apparently to avoid
aggravation to his injury.
In a media statement yesterday, Mumbai Indians did not rule out
Tendulkar from the tournament.
“The normal recovery time for this injury is around three weeks, however
rehab results in the past nine days have shown reasonable improvement
and we are hopeful to get him back in action as soon as possible,” the
statement had said.
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