Tamil Nadu’s S Badrinath has replaced Sachin Tendulkar in the Rest of India team for the Irani Cup tie against Ranji Trophy champions Delhi to be held at Vadodara later this month following the pull-out of the master batsman due to his elbow injury sustained in Sri Lanka.

“Badrinath is to replace Tendulkar,” said Cricket Board secretary Niranjan Shah when queried on the issue.

Earlier chief selector Dilip Vengsarkar said that Tendulkar was still experiencing some slight st