New Dehi: The tennis elbow may force Sachin Tendulkar to use a lighter bat when he returns to cricketing action but the batting maestro is not too comfortable with the idea, saying his past experience had not been too encouraging.

"I don't think I can play with a really light bat. I have tried using one before and it just doesn't help my bat swing," Tendulkar said.

"But then, I am using a relatively light bat now. It's about 2.11 pounds now, down from 3.2. I have been using it for the last two years. I can't start using an extremely light bat. If it has to happen, it will happen gradually," Tendulkar said in an interview in the latest issue of 'Wisden Asia.'

The 31-year-old batting genius has been out of action for the last seven weeks because of the injury and has been advised to use a lighter bat than what he has been using to prevent it from getting aggravated.

Tendulkar also spoke at length about his cricketing career, his stint as a captain and how the game has changed over the years in the interview.

The star batsman, who has scored over 20,000 international runs and 65 hundreds in a career spanning 15 years, said winning a World Cup would be the real "icing on the cake."

"...Whatever years are left to me, I am going to push myself harder because the time I have is never going to come back again. There is plenty of time to do other things. If anything, I want us to win a World Cup. That will be the real icing on the cake."