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India has been deal their biggest blow in an injury-ridden tour of England when Sachin Tendulkar was lined out of the ODI series.
Tendulkar, who continue to chase an elusive 100th international century, miss the opener at Chester-le-Street on Saturday and the Indian camp announce today their star man is facing up to four weeks on the sidelines.
No substitute will be called up to an India squad which has been beset with health concern in recent weeks.
Rohit Sharma was also ruled out yesterday after suffering a cracked finger in the match at the weekend, which was rained off. Manoj Tiwary has been called up to take his place.
Tendulkar will become the eighth player to fly home from India's difficult tour, following Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh.
India will be hoping that Tiwary will be ready in time to join the team for tomorrow's second match at the Rose Bowl, with their batting stocks diminish further following the news on Tendulkar.
The Little Master has scored a record 18,111 ODI runs at an average of 45.16.
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