Following surgery on his finger, the ace off-spinner will also miss the tour of Pakistan.
Coach John Wright expressed happiness over the attitude and commitment of the players.\n
The BCCI chief said the Indian trainer's resignation had nothing to do with his contract.\n\n
The off-spinner said he would leave for Lancashire next month and play till the end of season in September.
Team physion Andre Leipus said the right arm pacer has 'a growth in spurs in the pelvic region'.
Rohan Gavaskar has been drafted into the squad as his replacement.
Wright's tenure extended till 2005 \n\n\n\n
India captain Sourav Ganguly asserted that the team would field seven batsmen in Sunday's title match against Sri Lanka.
Tendulkar will arrive at the MRF Pace Foundation on Monday to train and practice at the state-of-the-art academy.
He injured his lower back when he dived to stop an off-drive by Pakistani captain Inzamam-ul Haq.\n\n
It is still not clear whether the off-spinner would need to undergo surgery on his injured finger
The Indian skipper said the tournament will offer opportunities to the many youngsters in the side.
The left-arm seamer has fully recovered from a side strain and is raring to take on Pakistan in the upcoming series.
Physio Andrew Leipus looks back on the five years he spent with the Indian cricket team.
He will reach Nagpur on Sunday, Indian cricket team physio Andrew Leipus told reporters in Mumbai.
Doctors have adviced the ace batsman not to bat for more than ten minutes at a stretch initially during practice.
After an injury-induced lay-off of six months, the off-spinner declared he was "200 per cent" fit and working on a 'magic ball' that would take his opponents by surprise.
The high-profile South African trainer had worked with the Dutch team during the World Cup.
Former India coach Ravi Shastri has been roped in as the Commissioner of the Legends League Cricket (LLC), a professional event for retired players that is set to take off next year.
The Queenslander suffered the injury while fielding in the Indian Premier League on Sunday.
The former India captain said even after breaking his jaw he felt it was his responsibility to get some wickets for the team.
India's Test skipper Virat Kohli along with his limited-overs counterpart Mahendra Singh Dhoni had a special meeting with head coach Anil Kumble and U-19 coach Rahul Dravid in Bengaluru on Sunday. The meeting was also attended by chief national selector Sandeep Patil, GM (Cricket Operations) MV Sridhar, National Cricket Academy's batting coach WV Raman, spin bowling coach Narendra Hirwani, chairman of junior selection committee Venkatesh Prasad and team physio Andrew Leipus.
Tendulkar's 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup in South Africa is the highest runs scored by an individual in a single edition but there were two matches where the maestro pushed his body beyond its limit.
Kumble had been hit on the jaw by a Mervyn Dillon short-pitched delivery while batting in the first innings of the match.
Injured pacer Mohit Sharma is disappointed at missing India's limited-overs tour of Australia ahead of the more significant World T20 and says he will take at least a month to recover from a stress on his left ankle.
Best remembered for his match-winning 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in 2001, former India batsman VVS Laxman revealed he was not fit enough to play that Test against Australia.
Eclipsing several other great individual knocks, VVS Laxman's masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years.
The test would take place in the presence of Andrew Leipus and selection committee chairman Kiran More.
John Wright, who coached India between 2000 and 2005, said the late Jagmohan Dalmiya, who passed away on Sunday, was a 'tough' but 'fair' boss.
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