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Sachin Tendulkar and Zaheer Khan have declared their availability for Mumbai's Ranji opener against Railways starting on November 2nd at the Wankhede stadium. "Sachin and Zaheer are likely to play in Mumbai's Ranji Trophy opener at the Wankhede Stadium. They have expressed their interest to play in the game," MCA's joint secretary Nitin Dalal said on Tuesday. Tendulkar had last played a match for Mumbai in January, 2009 against Uttar Pradesh in Hyderabad. Zaheer had played a couple of games last season to get into the groove following an injury lay-off. The presence of Zaheer and Tendulkar will be a huge morale booster for the Mumbai team which will have to do without the services of long serving batsman, Wasim Jaffer, who has opted out from the first three matches due to personal reasons. "Jaffer told me yesterday that he would not be available for the first four games but has changed his mind and told me today he will be unavailable for only the first three games," informed Dalal.