His future as a World Cup player appears uncertain after India were pushed to the brink of elimination after suffering defeats against Sri Lanka and Bangladesh in the four-team group here.
Ace leg-spinner Anil Kumble, and batsmen Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid also may not get a chance to win the Cup for India as all of them are in their mid-30s and one more tournament will be one too many for them.
Tendulkar turns 34 next month and may not be there when the Cup arrives in the sub-continent in 2011. But he will be disappointed with the way he performed in his fifth World Cup.
He hardly did justice to his stature in important group matches, scoring seven against Bangladesh and a duck against Sri Lanka in a must-win game.
His team expected a lot more from a batsman who was the highest scorer in the 2003 edition in South Africa with 673 runs in 11 matches.
It is not yet certain whether Tendulkar will follow Pakistan skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq and West Indies