Batting superstar Tendulkar, who is on the verge of an unprecedented 100th international century, was ruled out of the series on Monday due to a toe injury.

“He has been advised rest for four weeks,” the Indian cricket board said in a statement late on Monday. “The selection committee has chosen Badrinath to replace him.”   

Batsman Badrinath, 31, has so far scored just 79 runs in seven one-day internationals.

The opening one-dayer of the five-match series was abandoned due  to rain at Chester-le-Street on Saturday, with the second match to be played at Southampton on Tuesday.

Tendulkar is the eighth player to depart injury-hit India’s unhappy tour of England after Rohit Sharma, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer  Khan, Gautam Gambhir, Yuvraj Singh, Ishant Sharma and Harbhajan Singh.

His next chance to complete a century of centuries comes next month, when England tour India for five one-day internationals.

India are still looking for their first victory against England this year, having already lost the four-Test series 4-0 and a one-off Twenty20 international.