23 November,2014 05:20 AM IST | | IANS
Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that due to an upset stomach he once had to play with tissues inside his underwear
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New Delhi: Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar has revealed that due to an upset stomach he once had to play with tissues inside his underwear.
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The incident happened during the Super Sixes phase of the 2003 ICC World Cup when India played Sri Lanka on March 10 in Johannesburg.
"I am a bit embarrassed to reveal a very personal secret relating to the Sri Lanka match.
"On the eve of the match, I had a bad stomach and was feeling dehydrated.
This happened because I had not yet fully recovered from the cramp that I suffered while playing Pakistan and as a result had had a lot of isotonic drinks," Tendulkar writes in his autobiography Playing It My Way released recently. Just nine days earlier, he had scored a match-winning 98 against Pakistan at Centurion.
"The situation was so bad that I had to bat with tissues inside my underwear. I even had to go back to the dressing room during one of the drinks breaks and was feeling extremely uncomfortable."
Tendulkar went on to score a patient 97 off 120 balls in the match that saw India win by 183 runs.
