'Sachin will be fit for Australia series'

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New Delhi: Even as Sachin Tendulkar prepares to sit out a high-profile Irani Cup tie following an elbow injury, the Board of Control for Cricket in India has clarified that the master batsman will be available for the India-Australia Test series.

Tendulkar injured his elbow during the third and final Test in Sri Lanka last month, and has been out of action since. But BCCI secretary Niranjan Shah has clarified that Tendulkar will play in the four-Test series that begins on October 9.

"Sachin will not be playing in the Irani Trophy on the advice of the physiotherapist of the India team so that he could give another week's rest. But he will be available for the Australia series," Shah was quoted as saying by IANS.