"I'll chew his ear off. I've got questions about a lot of things that I want to ask him. I like getting around and talking to the guys who have been around for a long time."
Phillip Hughes Quotes of the week

Hughes was touted as a rising star of Australian cricket when he arrived in England ahead of the recent Ashes series.

But the 20-year-old opener was dumped by his country after just the second Test following a series of miserable efforts with the bat.

The left-hander was replaced by all-rounder Shane Watson after managing just 36 runs in the drawn first Test in Cardiff and scores of four and 17 in England's victory at Lord's.

Instead of travelling home this week however, Hughes has stopped off in India where he aims to pick up some tips from one of the greatest batsmen in Test history.

He intends to fly to Mumbai on Monday where he is hoping to have dinner with Tendulkar, who has scored 12,773 Test runs at an average of 54.58.

Consistency

"I'll chew his ear off," Hughes told The Australian newspaper.

"I've got questions about a lot of things that I want to ask him. I like getting around and talking to the guys who have been around for a long time.

"Sachin has been around and I've been watching him since I was a youngster.

"He hardly ever seemed to miss out, he always seems to be scoring runs and not just on one or two parks, he gets them everywhere.

"His consistency is so great and I still love watching him now."

Hughes will also work on his batting technique with coach Neil D'Costa, who is in India to help out at the newly built cricket academy in Nagpur.

Technique

"The goal is to always get better," he added. "I had always planned to catch up with Neil no matter what happened.

"I wanted to get in the nets with him and keep working on my game."

D'Costa, who also works with Australia vice-captain Michael Clarke, said that batting was about mechanics.

"We aren't working on specifics," he told the newspaper.

"But one thing I know from working with kids, through adolescence and into their early adulthood, is that your technique does change and you need to keep addressing the biomechanics of it to understand how you are playing."

After his Indian trip Hughes plans to return to Australia and play in the Champions League for New South Wales.

He is keen to start scoring runs at Sheffield Shield level in a bid to force his way back into the Test side.