Sachin Tendulkar, who played a stellar role in India's World Cup campaign, has decided to skip the forthcoming Triangular series in Dhaka while some of the other seniors in the team might also take a break. The batting maestro, who bagged the coveted Man-of-the Tournament award in the World Cup with an aggregate of 673 runs, wants to rest his injured finger and will make himself unavailable for the event, Mumbai Cricket Association sources said today.

"Tendulkar has told me that he would not travel to Dhaka and would prefer to take rest," the source told reporters. "He has a finger injury and he does not want to aggravate the injury further by playing in the tournament," he said. Some of the other senior members of India's World Cup squad, including vice-captain Rahul Dravid and pace spearhead Javagal Srinath, also want to take rest after having played non-stop cricket for the last 18 months. 

However, the Cricket Board is yet to receive any official communication from these players. "We have still not received any communication from the players yet. We will get some information on their availability by tomorrow," Board secretary S K Nair told reporters from Thiruvananthapuram. "We are aware that some of the players are carrying injuries and may not be fully fit for the tournament. We will have a clearer picture by tomorrow when we expect to hear from them," Nair said.

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