Tendulker will not be playing the first Test unfortunately
Losing Tendulkar is a huge blow to India's chances Indian batting star Sachin Tendulkar has been ruled out of the first Test against Australia.
Tendulkar has failed to recover sufficiently from tennis elbow and misses the Bangalore Test, which starts on Wednesday. India captain Sourav Ganguly said he was hopeful Tendulkar would be fit enough for the second Test.
Ganguly told a news conference: "Sachin is not playing in this Test match, he will probably play in the next."
BBC Cricket: http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cric...al/3715972.stm