I could've been at one of hotels: Michael Vaughan

Shaken by the terrorist attack in Mumbai, former England captain Michael Vaughan thanked his lucky stars as he revealed that but for a last-minute change of practice venue he could have been at one of the hotels that were targetted.

"This week I was due to be in Mumbai with the rest of England's high performance squad. It was only at the last minute that our training camp was switched to Bangalore. I don't know why it was switched but we could have been there in one of those hotels when they were attacked," Vaughan told 'The Daily Telegraph'.

Vaughan said he got several messages from friends and family here who thought that he was in Mumbai.

"In the morning I woke up to a number of texts from people back home who thought I was in Mumbai, and I wanted to go home and get back to my two kids," he said.

The former skipper said just watching the images of the terror attack, that left over 100 dead, on television disturbed him immensely.

"All our white Test kit is in one of the rooms at the Taj Mahal where one of the sieges has been going on: all our pads and clothes for the Test series, and our blazers and caps and ties. All the stuff was deposited there after England's two practice games in Mumbai at the start of this tour. That's how close the danger is," he said.

Vaughan said he could feel the tension even in Bangalore where security officials asked him and his teammates not to venture out on foot and avoid going to places frequented by foreigners.