Defeat rankles Sachin

“I feel better and the pain and cramps have not recurred so far,” Tendulkar said here today before the team’s departure for Delhi.

Asked when he began experiencing the back spasm, he said, “soon after tea, I felt pain on the right side of my back. It persisted and cramps affected me badly. From my back it travelled to my right heel and it became unbearable.”

“I had treatment and after last night’s rest, I feel better,” he said.