Senior batsman Sachin
Tendulkar underwent a precautionary MRI scan on Monday after he was hit on his
head by a sharply lifting delivery from Brett Lee while batting in the
tri-series match against Australia
There are reports of
swelling in his head and it is not yet clear whether he will be included for
the Tuesday's ODI against Sri
Lanka
Tendulkar seemed to have
misread the pace and lift of the final delivery of Lee`s second over, which hit
the grill of his helmet and bounced off to mid-on where Xavier Doherty took the
"catch".
Every Australian fielder
went up in appeal, thinking they had their man, but umpire Steve Davis was
convinced it hadn`t touched Tendulkar`s bat before striking his helmet at the
Gabba on Sunday.
Apparently, some sort of
blow from that delivery had also deflected on to Tendulkar`s forehead, above
his right eye.
The batsman continued with
his innings, which ended off the very next delivery he faced, in Ben
Hilfenhaus` next over from the other end.
After his dismissal,
Tendulkar was given ice treatment on the swelling in the dressing room, and
even though he`s shown no discomfort, a precautionary MRI scan was advised for
him.
It capped a miserable day
for the champion Indian batsman who was hit on his shin off an edged stroke
from Peter Forrest in the slips in the 25th over of Australian innings and
while batting, he made an unconvincing three off 12 balls as the visitors lost
the match by a whopping 110 runs at the Gabba.
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