Tendulkar's fitness test on Tuesday

 MUMBAI: Sachin Tendulkar will undergo a fitness test on Tuesday morning, which will determine whether the master batsman is available to play in the four-Test series in the West Indies commencing on June 2.

"Fitness test for Tendulkar and Wasim Jaffer (who underwent a shin surgery) will be conducted at the Bandra Kurla complex ground tomorrow morning," a Cricket Board source said on Monday.

Former Indian team physiotherapist Andrew Leipus and selection committee chairman Kiran More would be present during the fitness test.

The Indian team for the Test series is to be selected on May 24.

Tendulkar, who missed the one-day series following a shoulder operation, is to fly to London on Tuesday night to consult Dr Andrew Wallace who performed the operation.

"If he's passed fit he would proceed from London to the West Indies," the board source said.

The other replacements for the Test series are slated to leave on May 25 night.

If he passes the fitness test, Tendulkar would be able to make good the chances he lost of scoring more than one century in the West Indies on his last two visits - as captain in 1997 and as player under Sourav Ganguly in 2002.

His lone Test ton in the West Indies four years ago, a fine innings of 117 at Port of Spain in Trinidad, had set up India's only win in the Caribbean islands since 1976.

Tendulkar has crossed the 80 mark on four other occasions without converting them into hundreds.