Batting maestro Sachin Tendulkar has postponed his departure to South Africa for treatment to his injured right toe by three days, the secretary of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) Jaywant Lele said in Baroda on Wednesday.

Lele told PTI that the batting star was to leave for South Africa tomorrow, to be treated by noted orthopeadic surgeon Dr Mark Fergusson but has postponed his departure due to personal reasons.

Tendulkar skipped the on-going Test series in Sri Lanka due to the injury sustained during the Triangular one-day series in Zimbabwe in the last league match against the West Indies on July 4.

Tendulkar's stay in South Africa will depend on the advice of Fergusson. However, he will be available for the Indian cricket team's tour of South Africa beginning from October 1.

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