India's star batsman Sachin Tendulkar is set to return to international cricket next month after a four-month absence due to shoulder surgery, an official said on Tuesday.
"The report we have got from our physiotherapist John Gloster is that Sachin is fit to play," said Indian cricket board secretary Niranjan Shah. "He is available for selection again."
Tendulkar, 33, will make a comeback in a limited-overs tri-series in Sri Lanka next month also featuring South Africa. The Indian team for the August 14-29 series will be selected in Mumbai tomorrow.
Tendulkar, who underwent surgery in April, was forced to skip seven one-dayers at home against England and was ruled out of the recent tour of the West Indies.
India badly missed the services of the frontline batsman in the Caribbean, where they lost the one-dayers 4-1 and drew the first three Tests but won the fourth to take the series 1-0.
Tendulkar, who is regarded as one of the game's finest batsmen, has scored a world record 35 Test and 39 one-day centuries.
He is is the fourth-highest scorer in Test cricket with 10,469 runs in 132 matches, behind only West Indian skipper Brian Lara and Australians Allan Border and Steve Waugh.
Tendulkar is also the world's leading one-day batsman with 14,146 runs in 362 matches, but an international career spanning 16 years has taken a toll on his body.
He has been plagued with numerous injuries in recent times including a tennis elbow that also required surgery two years ago.
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