Tendulkar ruled out of ICC Champions Trophy

India's worst fears came true on Saturday when Sachin was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy starting on September 10.

India's worst fears came true on Saturday when Sachin Tendulkar was ruled out of the ICC Champions Trophy starting on September 10.

Tendulkar has been ruled out of cricketing action for two weeks after he failed to recover from the tennis elbow that forced him to miss the tri-series in Holland and the three-match NatWest Challenge against England.

According to team manager Goutam Dasgupta, team physio Andrew Leipus informed him that Tendulkar had not responded to the treatment as expected and he would not be available for any cricket for the next fortnight.

Accordingly, a replacement has been sought by the team management but they have not put forward any name and have left it to the selectors to send in the replacement.