Sachin ignored doctor's advice

Had the Champions Trophy in Pakistan not been deferred, Sachin Tendulkar would not have been able to participate, according to Dr Amod Harip, who first examined the batsman for his latest elbow injury in Colombo’s Apollo Hospital.

"Sachin was brought here when he was injured while fielding during the 3rd Test between against Sri Lanka. He has hemarthrosis of the right elbow," the Pune-born doctor, now settled in Sri Lanka, said. "Hemarthrosis is a bleeding into joint spaces."

"I wanted to insert a needle and remove the haematoma but team physio (Nitin Patel) didn’t want this treatement to be performed over here,"he said.

According to the other sources, Sachin was also advised to rest further duing the Test match but played the next day.

According to this orthopaedic surgeon, Sachin’s surgery in 2005 was not for tennis elbow as it is widely believed but it ‘golfer’s elbow’. "I saw the scars on Sachin’s elbow and it was not surgery for tennis elbow, but ‘golfer’s elbow’ instead. The primary difference between the two is the location of the pain and the activity that leads to injury."

"Sachin may be able to play the series against Australia," Dr. Harip hoped.