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Indian batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar, who skipped the on-going triangular one-day series in Sri Lanka due to a hairline fracture to his right toe, is feeling better and is likely to go in for another bone scan on August 10.

Sports medicine expert Anant Joshi, who is treating Tendulkar, told PTI in Mumbai on Wednesday that Tendulkar sounded cheerful when he spoke to him. Saying that the 28-year-old master batsman was feeling better, Joshi added "I am hopeful that the injury would heal soon. Because it is a hairline fracture it can't be seen on the X-ray and that is why we are doing another bone scan."

When asked when Tendulkar would be able to join the Indian team in Sri Lanka, Joshi said "it all depends on how soon the fracture heals. The second bone scan will give us some indication. Sachin has also been advised to wear some protection on the injured area to release the pressure on it," he added.

Sachin Tendulkar, who missed the ongoing triangular series in Sri Lanka due to a hairline fracture to his right toe, and Vinod Kambli figure in the Mumbai Cricket Association's probables list for the coming domestic season.

Mumbai's new coach and former Test opener Lalchand Rajput said in Mumbai on Tuesday that 42 players have been selected to attend the camp by the chairman of the selection committee, former Indian captain Dilip Vengsarkar. According to a press release from Mayank Khandwala, joint secretary, MCA, It is compulsory for the selected players to attend the camp to be held from August 1, the only exceptions being if a player is injured (like Tendulkar) or doing duty for India (like Sameer Dighe and Ajit Agarkar). The release says the players have been selected for pre-season training and the final probables will only selected by mid-September.

The probables list: Sameer Dighe, Sachin Tendulkar, Wasim Jaffer, Amol Muzumdar, Sairaj Bhutule, Paras Mhambrey, Rajesh Pawar, Ajit Agarkar, Vinod Kambli, Vinayak Mane, Jatin Paranjpe, Kiran Powar, Sushant Manjrekar, Pravin Tambe, Nilesh Kulkarni, Ramesh Powar, Sriram Kannan, Amit Dani, Swapnil Hazare, Musavir Khote, Rupam Malviya, Omkar Salvi, Vishal Tawde, Amol Rane, Abhijeet Shetye, Robin Morris, Sachin Sawant Kunal More, Hrishikesh Shende, Saket Adhikari, Avishkar Salvi, Usman Malvi, Sinosh Panicker, V Yelligati, Rohan Bane, Bhavin Thakkar, Paul Valthaty, Vineet Indulkar, Sahil Kukreja, Swapnil Patil, Raju More and Sohan Dalvi.