"It's a long tournament, so we give him every chance, every game to see if he will be fit. I am not sure about tomorrow, whether there will be enough time (for him to be fit). I think by the time the 16th game (against Delhi Daredevils here) comes around everything should be fine (with Tendulkar)," said Pollock at the pre-match media conference.
"Who knows if he feels better tomorrow we will be happy to give him a chance (to play)," he added.
Tendulkar has not played the last two games after getting hurt on his right hand middle finger during the IPL-V opener against Chennai Super Kings on April 4.
In his absence MI had tried out Ambati Rayudu and T Suman as partners to South African Richard Levi.
"I thought Suman played quite well (in the previous game against Deccan Chargers at Vizag) but it was a brilliant catch by Dale Steyn, and it was a wonderful over from Dale, a brilliant yorker," said Pollock.
But he pointed out that despite the poor start the team won a thriller off the last ball against Deccan Chargers, thanks to a belligerent knock of 73 not out by Rohit Sharma.
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"Unfortunately we haven't got off to a start we wanted. We got off to a poor start but still managed to win the game. That will give us confidence to chase any total. It was important for Rohit to get a good score. It will do wonders for his confidence as well," the former Proteas captain said.
According to Pollock, two wins out of three at this stage of the tournament was an encouraging start.