New Delhi: Sachin Tendulkar on Friday has opted out of the Irani Trophy to be played from September 24 in Baroda.

Tendulkar pulled himself out of the Rest of India squad after Indian team's physio advised him more rest for his injured elbow. However, he will be available for India's first Test against Australia that starts on October 9.

"Tendulkar is not playing the Irani Trophy because he has been advised a week of rehabilitation," Rantakar Shetty, the Indian board's chief administrative officer, told.

Tendulkar will work with Close in Mumbai from September 20 to get fit in time to join the national camp in Bangalore.

Tendulkar had earlier declared himself fit for the match, starting Wednesday in Baroda, but Shetty said no replacement had been made. "There already 14 so there is no need for a replacement."