Sachin Tendulkar lost consciousness and hurt himself when he fell down on the table in his room on the eve of the Ind-WI match.
Though, the master blaster got lucky to escape with two cuts on his face after a dizzy spell knocked him out in his hotel room on Tuesday night, according to the Mid Day newspaper.
The newspaper further said that there was more to Tendulkar's illness on the eve of India's Champions Trophy match against West Indies on Wednesday than plain food poisoning.
Tendulkar told Mid Day, before flying out to Mumbai from South Africa on Thursday, that it could have been a fatal one.
Tendulkar said that he lost consciousness and hurt himself when he fell down on the table in his room after returning from dinner at an Indian restaurant. Although, it is not known what exactly he ate, the newspaper report said.
A cut near his nose and another one below the left eye as a result of the fall was some indication of the impact of his face hitting the table, it also said.
On Tuesday night, Tendulkar had gone to an Indian restaurant in Johannesburg for dinner with skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Ashish Nehra and Harbhajan Singh.
When he returned to his hotel, he felt dizzy and collapsed.
When asked to describe what exactly happened, Tendulkar told the newspaper that all he could remember was feeling giddy and passing out.
In spite of feeling unwell, he went to the ground with the team but ultimately decided not to play.
When asked whether he had missed a match due to a similar illness, Tendulkar said, "No". "I am feeling much better than yesterday," he said.
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