The West Indies captain will miss the first match against England after aggravating a finger injury during the fourth Test.
The England new ball bowler is looking forward to bowl to him when England tour India in March.
Tendulkar has the most runs in the longest format of the game, with 15,921 runs. Along the way, Tendulkar scored 51 Test centuries, most by any player.
Brian Lara will captain West Indies for the home series against England and Bangladesh.
The SA paceman enjoyed what cricket fans might see as the dream honeymoon -- he dismissed Brian Lara twice in a day
Tendulkar remains Lara's all-time favourite but in today's era, he said it is Kohli, who is the best.
The West Indian captain's 115 helped his side reach 427 in reply to South Africa's 532, a deficit of 105.
Lara is just the fifth batsman to score 9,000 runs in Tests.
The West Indies suffered the first whitewash in their history when they were beaten 5-0 in South Africa in 1998.
Lara scored a defiant 72 in his 100th Test as WI ended day one at 232-8 against SA.
Uncapped batsman Alester Maregwede has been included in the 14-man squad for the five-match series against the West Indies starting later this week.
Hosts Zimbabwe, who were chasing 233 for victory, resumed their second innings on 90 for nine but were dismissed for 104 after eight overs on the final day.
Lara became the West Indies' all-time leading Test run scorer on Thursday in the second Test against Zimbabwe. \n\n
The left-arm spinner picked three wickets as the Windies stumbled to 241 for 6 on the third day of the first Test against Zimbabwe.
'Sachin is a genius no doubt, but I too have performed well when situation demanded,' the Windies great said when mediapersons kept on comparing him to Tendulkar.
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Rain halted play in the first Test between WI and SL with the home side on 272 for four in reply to the tourists' 354.
Sri Lanka who resumed day two on 250 for four, were bowled out for 354.
In the last Test series the Windies skipper stroked 688 runs at an average of 114.67, while the Lankan skipper accumulated 403 runs, being dismissed only once.
"I was trying to get as close as possible to 400, but it didn't happen," said the West Indies opener.
Bichel is a top class performer in a top class team, the Windies captain said.
Opening pair Justin Langer and Matthew Hayden put the visitors in control of the final Test against West Indies
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At the close of day 3, the home side was 291 for 8 in reply to Australia's 605 for 9 decl. in the third Test.
Australia, already 2-0 ahead in the series, reached 320 for three at the close on the first day.
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