Cricketer Sachin Tendulkar today returned home after India's doomed Champions Trophy campaign in South Africa with a cut mark on his cheek, sustained after his collapse in a Johannesburg hotel.
Tendulkar, who missed India's last Champions Trophy tie against the West Indies because of food poisoning, returned home along with all-rounders Yusuf Pathan and Abhishek Nayar, team manager Anurag Thakur, physio Nitin Patel and masseur Ramesh Mane.
The cut on Tendulkar's cheek was the result of his fall in a Johannesburg hotel. Tendulkar apparently had a stomach infection after India's match against Australia and when he returned to his hotel room, the batsman started feeling giddy. He subsequently fell flat on his face, almost breaking his nose. The collapse left him with a cut mark and a black spot on his nose.
Even though no information was forthcoming on the incident from the team management, media reports quoted Tendulkar as saying that he ate something at the stadium in Centurion after India's washed-out match against Australia, and that probably led to the stomach infection. Tendulkar subsequently skipped the match against the West Indies.
Tendulkar's left eye looked swollen when he and other players were whisked away from the Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport.
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