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 Sachin can use his normal heavy bat: Dr Joshi
 Kolkata, Oct 23: Batting genius Sachin Tendulkar, who has been cleared to play the third cricket test against Australia at Nagpur after months of lay-off due to a tennis elbow, could use his normal heavy bat, doctor attending on him said. "I don't think the weight of the bat really matter in this case. Sachin can use his normal bat," Dr Anand Joshi, the head of the BCCI medical panel said here when asked whether the little master could play with his usual heavy bat. Dr Joshi, who was in the city in connection with an operation, said that the problem of tennis elbow has nothing to do with the weight a person carries as even housewives get it without lifting heavy things.
He said that he had examined Sachin's affected elbow two days ago and was fully satisfied with his recovery. "Two days ago his condition was very good following which we decided that the load on his hand could be progressively increased and a final decision about his availability for the third test be taken by team physio Andrew Leipus this morning," Dr Joshi said. After a practice session this morning in Mumbai Leipus announced that Tendulkar would play in the third cricket test beginning at Nagpur on Tuesday.
When asked whether there was any risk of recurrence of the problem, Joshi said extra precuation had been taken in this case to ensure it did not recur. "We played very safe as even before Chennai Test he was in a position to play but we did not allow him to take the risk and waited for some more time for complete recovery. Now we are sure that the problem is over," he said. When asked why it took so long for the injury to heal, he said the problem of tennis elbow was such. "In some people it gets better in a week to ten days, in some cases it take months and in some cases it never gets better," Joshi said.
Tendulkar has been out of action since August when the problem surfaced. When asked whether there was any risk of the recurrence of the problem for Tendulkar, Joshi said that extra precaution has been taken in this case so that it did not recur. "We played very safe as even before Chennai test he was in a position to play but we did not allow him to take the risk and waited for some more time for complete recovery. Now we are sure that the problem is over," he said. When asked why it took so long in healing in this case, he said that the problem of tennis elbow was such.
"In some people it gets better in a week to ten days, in some cases it take months and in some cases it never gets better," Joshi said. (Agencies)
Published: Saturday, October 23, 2004
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