sachin tendulkar @sachin_rt  A big thank you to all my friends and well wishers who are praying for my speedy recovery :-)

Sachin Tendulkar, who sustained a finger injury in his left-hand and was retired hurt, when he tried to fend off an ugly snorter from Chennai Super Kings bowler Doug Bollinger in the IPL opener on Wednesday, tweeted yesterday: "Finger still not looking good. Had to aspirate blood from my finger twice in 4 days." (See the picture.)  

It was the fifth ball of the ninth over and Tendulkar who was batting on 15 got a short ball from Bollinger. It climbed onto him as the delivery hit one of the green patches and reared up uncomfortably. Tendulkar could just fend it off as it hit him on the glove.