NEW DELHI, Sept 30: India batsman Sachin Tendulkar will make his comeback after elbow surgery in a domestic one-day tournament next month, chief selector Kiran More said on Friday.

“He is playing, he has been cleared by his doctor,” More told Reuters.

The Bombay batsman will play in the Challenger Trophy tri-series in Mohali from Oct 10-13. The national selectors will pick the sides on Saturday.

Tendulkar, 32, underwent surgery in May for a nagging elbow injury which first flared up in August last year.

The premier batsman has not played since the home one-day series against Pakistan in April. Slow recovery forced him to miss a one-day tri-series in Sri Lanka and this month’s test tour of Zimbabwe.

He also opted out of next week’s Super Series in Australia between a World XI and the world champions.

The Challenger Trophy should give Tendulkar useful practice before the team is selected for the home one-day series against Sri Lanka starting on Oct 25.

Tendulkar, who has remained one of the world’s top batsmen since bursting onto the international scene as a 16-year-old in 1989, has suffered hand, foot, back and ankle injuries in the last six years, largely attributed to wear and tear of constant playing.—Reuters