Tendulkar ruled out of ODIs

A hamstring injury has ruled Sachin Tendulkar out of India's last three one-day internationals against South Africa.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India named wicketkeeper Parthiv Patel, who has opened in ODIs in the past, as his replacement on Sunday.

Tendulkar suffered the injury during his innings in the second one-day match against the Proteas on Saturday, which India won by one run to level the series at one match apiece.

In playing at the Wanderers, he equalled Sri Lankan Sanath Jayasuriya's record of 444 ODIs.

Regular openers Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir, and paceman Praveen Kumar, have already been ruled out of the series due to injuries.

India selectors will meet on Monday to pick the 15-man squad for the World Cup, which takes place in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh between February 19 and April 2.

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