Tri Nation Series 2010 in Bangladesh without Sachin Tendulkar

Indian selectors have already announced a 16-man squad for the upcoming tri-nation tournament which will start from January 5, 2010. Indian player Sachin Tendulkar is one of the big changes in this squad. He will take rest from the ODI format of cricket game. Sachin Tendulkar has opted out his name from squad. So, we can not see him to play against Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in this tournament. However, he will be replaced either with Rohit Sharma or Dinesh Karthik. Tendulkar will make his return with the two-match test series against Bangladesh.

Players like Ishant Sharma, Praveen Kumar and Pragyan Ojha have been left out of the tour. Yuvraj Singh will return after recovering from finger injury. Pace bowler Sreesanth who was suffering from swine flu virus is now fully fit.

Sachin Tendulkar is now 36-year-old. It is much older age for any player. Let see how long he can contineu his career.

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