Sachin Tendulkar bowls at net session

“Hopefully,he will play tomorrow. He is recovering well,” Smith said at the match-eve press conference.

At the nets,Tendulkar swung his arms to bowl his medium pacers from both on and round the wicket for about 45 minutes.

He was fully active on the field and also played football with his teammates.

Tendulkar,however,did not bat at the nets,apparently to avoid aggravation to his injury.

In a media statement yesterday,Mumbai Indians did not rule out Tendulkar from the tournament.

“The normal recovery time for this injury is around three weeks,however rehab results in the past nine days have shown reasonable improvement and we are hopeful to get him back in action as soon as possible,” the statement had said.