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Thursday, Oct 21, 2004

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Tendulkar's match fitness report by Sunday

MUMBAI, OCT. 20. The Board of Control for Cricket in India's (BCCI) medical advisor, Dr. Anant Joshi, and the Indian team's physiotherapist, Andrew Leipus, have been asked to submit a `match fitness' report on Sachin Tendulkar by Sunday (October 24).

The third Test of the TVS Cup for the Border-Gavaskar Trophy starts at Nagpur on Tuesday. "Tendulkar will not be asked to undergo a test before Sunday,'' said the BCCI Hon. Secretary, S. Karunakaran Nair.

Talking to the The Hindu, Tendulkar said he had a knock for 12 minutes on Tuesday and staggered sessions of 15 minutes each on Wednesday morning at the MIG Club, Bandra. He faced only spin bowlers. "I just had a knock. That's it. I don't want to rush through. I am regaining strength though," said Tendulkar.

"I am doing things step by step and I will have to keep my fingers crossed about playing in the Nagpur Test," he said.

Meanwhile, Tendulkar also inaugurated `Sachin's' a café in the northern suburb of Mulund. The restaurant, situated at a shopping mall, is targeted at the middle class unlike his first foray, `Tendulkar's' which is more upmarket.

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