Sachin Tendulkar today joined India's list of fitness concerns
with a stiff back and would be "rested" for the fourth and final cricket
one-dayer against Sri Lanka. 
"Tendulkar has a stiff back and the team management has
decided to rest him for the final ODI against Sri Lanka at Visakhapatnam
on Saturday," Cricket Board Secretary Niranjan Shah told reporters.
Shah did not specify how serious the premier batsman’s injury was.
India already have minor worries over Irfan Pathan and
Ajit Agarkar.
Pathan has a sore shoulder and missed the previous three matches.
Agarkar missed the first two ties with a bout of flu and looked
flat in the third game at Goa yesterday.
Besides, Yuvraj Singh is also easing his way back into
the team from a three-month lay-off after rupturing his knee ligament.
He had a stiff back, too, and missed the first two one-dayers
against Sri Lanka.
Shah added that Suresh Raina and Rudra Pratap Singh,
who were brought in as cover for Pathan and Yuvraj, have been sent back to join
their state team, Uttar Pradesh, for the Ranji Trophy intra-zonal one
dayers.
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