IPL season 5 : Sachin will play inspite of toe injury
Mumbai Indians have refuted reports which said that their skipper Sachin Tendulkar would not play the fifth edition of the IPL. Sachin was reported to have gone to London for surgery on his injured toe. However, the Mumbai franchise have said that Sachin has gone to London for just a routine check-up of an old toe injury. He will participate in the training camp beginning two days later.
"Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar will be joining the in-progress camp at Wankhede Stadium from 31st March 2012 and is fully available for the entire IPL season 5. Sachin, is in UK to consult his doctor and will be back in India to join the camp from 31st March", The spokesperson for Mumbai Indians said.
Previously Sachin Tendulkar's participation in the entire fifth edition of the IPL was in doubt after the veteran batsman flew to London to consult a specialist regarding an old toe injury, which has resurfaced and might require surgery.
"Yes, Sachin Tendulkar has gone to London for consultation about his toe injury. He has been playing with this injury for long. It is not sure when he will return as even a surgery may be needed to correct it," an Indian Cricket Board source said on Wednesday.
The Indian Premier League is all set to commence on April 4 in Chennai, where Tendulkar`s Mumbai Indians, the last year`s third placed team will take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.
Tendulkar, who notched up his 100th international ton in the recently-concluded Asia Cup, also did not attend the BCCI-organised felicitation function of the retired batsman Rahul Dravid last evening at a hotel near his residence here, as he had already left for England.
The toe injury is a decade old but it came back to haunt him and upset his plans to play the ODI series in England last September after a not-too-successful run in the four-Test series that preceded it.
He was withdrawn from the team sheet before the first ODI, which was washed out. And then the BCCI issued a statement, saying that Tendulkar had been ruled out of the series "due to a toe injury".
Tendulkar had consulted a specialist in London after suffering the injury and was advised four weeks` rest.
Tendulkar came back to play the Test rubber against the West Indies at home after missing the Champions League Twenty20, which was won by Mumbai Indians under the stand-in-skipper Harbhajan Singh.
But after playing the Test series against the Windies, Tendulkar again opted to rest for the ODI series. He went to Australia with an advance party of senior players including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dravid and V V S Laxman to get acclimatised to the conditions Down Under when the limited over series against the West Indies was in progress.
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Mumbai Indians have refuted reports which said that their skipper Sachin Tendulkar would not play the fifth edition of the IPL. Sachin was reported to have gone to London for surgery on his injured toe. However, the Mumbai franchise have said that Sachin has gone to London for just a routine check-up of an old toe injury. He will participate in the training camp beginning two days later.
"Mumbai Indians captain Sachin Tendulkar will be joining the in-progress camp at Wankhede Stadium from 31st March 2012 and is fully available for the entire IPL season 5. Sachin, is in UK to consult his doctor and will be back in India to join the camp from 31st March", The spokesperson for Mumbai Indians said.
Previously Sachin Tendulkar's participation in the entire fifth edition of the IPL was in doubt after the veteran batsman flew to London to consult a specialist regarding an old toe injury, which has resurfaced and might require surgery.
"Yes, Sachin Tendulkar has gone to London for consultation about his toe injury. He has been playing with this injury for long. It is not sure when he will return as even a surgery may be needed to correct it," an Indian Cricket Board source said on Wednesday.
The Indian Premier League is all set to commence on April 4 in Chennai, where Tendulkar`s Mumbai Indians, the last year`s third placed team will take on defending champions Chennai Super Kings at the M A Chidambaram Stadium.
Tendulkar, who notched up his 100th international ton in the recently-concluded Asia Cup, also did not attend the BCCI-organised felicitation function of the retired batsman Rahul Dravid last evening at a hotel near his residence here, as he had already left for England.
The toe injury is a decade old but it came back to haunt him and upset his plans to play the ODI series in England last September after a not-too-successful run in the four-Test series that preceded it.
He was withdrawn from the team sheet before the first ODI, which was washed out. And then the BCCI issued a statement, saying that Tendulkar had been ruled out of the series "due to a toe injury".
Tendulkar had consulted a specialist in London after suffering the injury and was advised four weeks` rest.
Tendulkar came back to play the Test rubber against the West Indies at home after missing the Champions League Twenty20, which was won by Mumbai Indians under the stand-in-skipper Harbhajan Singh.
But after playing the Test series against the Windies, Tendulkar again opted to rest for the ODI series. He went to Australia with an advance party of senior players including captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Dravid and V V S Laxman to get acclimatised to the conditions Down Under when the limited over series against the West Indies was in progress.
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