India physiotherapist Andrew Leipus Saturday said there was no prospect of fans in Mumbai seeing their hero play.

"His tennis elbow is still a problem," Leipus told a website, saying Tendulkar had one eye on the upcoming home series against Pakistan.

"I spoke to surgeons in Australia and they thought it would be better to rest it before going into the major games."

Leipus said all-rounder Ajit Agarkar, who also plays for Mumbai, would also be rested.

"Agarkar has lost a lot of muscle mass and the recovery was not as good as we had expected," he said.

"So we thought it would be better to rest him because if he continues this way he may be susceptible to injuries."

Young fast bowler Irfan Pathan, meanwhile, was advised to pull out of the Baroda team for its most recent Ranji Trophy fixture.

He had picked up a niggling groin injury during the first one-day international in Bangladesh.

India have still not announced their Test and one-day fixtures for the home series against Pakistan next month.