No change in Tendulkar's elbow condition: Leipus

A decision on playing Sachin Tendulkar in the second Test against Australia would be taken on Wednesday, team physio Andrew Leipus has said.

There's no change in Sachin Tendulkar's tennis elbow condition and a decision on playing him in the second Test against Australia beginning on Thursday would be taken on Wednesday, team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus has said.

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"As of now, nothing has changed, but he knows his body better than anybody else," Leipus said on Tuesday.

Tendulkar reportedly became aware of his tennis elbow while practising in Mumbai ahead of the Videocon Cup three-nation one-day tournament in Holland in August and the pain increased after landing in Amsterdam with the team.

The 31-year-old missed that tournament, the three-match NatWest Challenge against England, the Champions Trophy in England and the just-ended first Test between India and Australia at Bangalore.

Doctors, with whom Tendulkar and Leipus are in constant touch, have advised him to play just a few balls every day, but the progress has not been as desired.

"It's up to him basically when he feels he's fit," Leipus said over the phone as the two teams prepared for the second Test in Chennai beginning on Thursday.

"He is someone who knows his body well and he is the one who has to make a decision (to play)," said the affable physiotherapist.