Tendulkar returns home after surgery

Sachin Tendulkar [ Images ] returned home on Wednesday from London [ Images ] after undergoing an arthroscopic surgery to his right shoulder on March 27, sources close to him said.

"He returned yesterday from London," the sources said, but his arrival in Mumbai [ Images ] was kept under wraps to avoid media glare.

Dr Andrew Wallace performed the surgery in London's Hospital of St John and St Elizabeth to stabilise Tendulkar's shoulder joint and reattach a damaged bicep tendon to his upper arm bone.

The star batsman was diagnosed with a posterior labrum tear of the right shoulder during the third Test against England [ Images ] held in Mumbai last month which ruled him out of the ongoing seven-match one-day series against the tourists.

His arm was put in a sling after the surgery.

It is not clear yet whether he would be able to regain full fitness in time for the Indian tour of the West Indies [ Images ] commencing on May 18 for which the squad is set to depart on May 12.

The tour, scheduled to conclude on July 4, starts with the five-match limited over series followed by a four-Test rubber.

The selectors are expected to meet at the end of the month to choose the squad for the tour.