September 7, 2010  Print Email | Tendulkar will not play Hamilton ODI
Medical tests show internal bleeding in the stomach
Posted by Agencies at 09:42 AM GMT on Mar 10, 2009 |
HAMILTON (PTI): Indian batting-ace Sachin Tendulkar, who took a painful hit in the abdomen during the second ODI at Wellington, was today ruled out of the fourth one-dayer against New Zealand. Tendulkar suffered the blow while facing a delivery from Blackcaps fast bowler Iain O'Brien. But the premier batsman has promised to play the fifth and final match.
Despite stiffness in the abdomen region, he played the third game and aggravated the injury while scoring a magnificent century, his 43rd in limited overs cricket. An MRI done yesterday at a hospital in Christchurch revealed that there had been traces of internal bleeding, ruling him out of tomorrow's match here.
"The report has indicated there has been internal bleeding in the stomach. But I should be ready to play in the next couple of days," said Tendulkar. "It is painful that I have to miss a game when there has been good momentum. I have been hitting the ball well." The master batsman will sorely miss on-field action as he has been in prime from, strumming up scores of 20, 61 and 163 retired hurt for an aggregate of 244 runs.
In 20 years of international cricket, this is possibly the first instance that the Mumbaikar has suffered internal bleeding to a blow with a cricket ball.
(By Joseph Hoover)
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