Tendulkar on course for August comeback

Sachin Tendulkar chats with Andrew Leipus © AFP

Sachin Tendulkar should be fit for a triangular one-day international series in Sri Lanka in August, according to Andrew Leipus, India's former physio.

Leipus is currently monitoring Tendulkar's recovery from a shoulder injury, and he said that while it was not possible to put an exact date on when he will be fit again, he said that progress was good and that a comeback in the one-day series in August was not out of the question.

"He has a few more weeks to go before he is 100% fit," Leipus told Zee Sport. "He actually recovered very, very well considering what he had done to the shoulder. It's hard to give an exact date but I think he'll be ready for the Sri Lankan series.

"We have a lot of media attention given to this player," he added. "But we must not forget that this person is a human being. So if we put all the factors together - his age, the amount of cricket he has played and the amount of cricket that is played these days - there is bound to be some wear and tear."