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VVS Laxman
India
Player profile
Full name Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born November 1, 1974, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Current age 34 years 21 days
Major teams India, Deccan Chargers, Hyderabad (India), Lancashire
Nickname Very Very Special
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Education Little Flower High School, St. John's School
Batting and fielding averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
NO |
Runs |
HS |
Ave |
BF |
SR |
100 |
50 |
4s |
6s |
Ct |
St |
| Tests |
100 |
165 |
24 |
6381 |
281 |
45.25 |
12985 |
49.14 |
13 |
37 |
852 |
4 |
105 |
0 |
| ODIs |
86 |
83 |
7 |
2338 |
131 |
30.76 |
3282 |
71.23 |
6 |
10 |
222 |
4 |
39 |
0 |
| First-class |
214 |
349 |
41 |
15866 |
353 |
51.51 |
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45 |
73 |
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225 |
1 |
| List A |
167 |
161 |
18 |
4944 |
131 |
34.57 |
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9 |
27 |
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73 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
155 |
52 |
31.00 |
132 |
117.42 |
0 |
1 |
22 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
Bowling averages
|
Mat |
Inns |
Balls |
Runs |
Wkts |
BBI |
BBM |
Ave |
Econ |
SR |
4w |
5w |
10 |
| Tests |
100 |
13 |
324 |
126 |
2 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
63.00 |
2.33 |
162.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ODIs |
86 |
4 |
42 |
40 |
0 |
- |
- |
- |
5.71 |
- |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| First-class |
214 |
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1751 |
728 |
21 |
3/11 |
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34.66 |
2.49 |
83.3 |
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0 |
0 |
| List A |
167 |
|
698 |
548 |
8 |
2/42 |
2/42 |
68.50 |
4.71 |
87.2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Twenty20 |
6 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
- |
Career statistics
| Test debut |
India v South Africa at Ahmedabad, Nov 20-23, 1996 scorecard |
| Last Test |
India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard |
| Test statistics |
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| ODI debut |
India v Zimbabwe at Cuttack, Apr 9, 1998 scorecard |
| Last ODI |
South Africa v India at Centurion, Dec 3, 2006 scorecard |
| ODI statistics |
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| First-class debut |
1992/93 |
| Last First-class |
India v Australia at Nagpur, Nov 6-10, 2008 scorecard |
| List A debut |
1994/95 |
| Last List A |
East Zone v South Zone at Hyderabad (Decc), Mar 14, 2008 scorecard |
| Twenty20 debut |
Kolkata Knight Riders v Deccan Chargers at Kolkata, Apr 20, 2008 scorecard |
| Last Twenty20 |
Bangalore Royal Challengers v Deccan Chargers at Bangalore, May 3, 2008 scorecard |
At his sublime best, VVS Laxman is a sight for the gods. Wristy, willowy and sinuous, he can match - sometimes even better - Tendulkar for strokeplay. His on-side game is comparable to his idol Azharuddin's, yet he is decidedly more assured on the off side and has the rare gift of being able to hit the same ball to either side. The Australians, who have suffered more than most, paid the highest compliment after India's 2003-04 tour Down Under by admitting they did not know where to bowl to him. Laxman, a one-time medical student, finally showed signs of coming to terms with his considerable gifts in March 2001, as he tormented Steve Waugh's thought-to-be-invincible Australians with a majestic 281 to stand the Kolkata Test on its head. But even though he had another wonderful series against the Australians in 2003-04 with two centuries, one of them involving a back-from-the-dead, match-winning, 300-plus partnership with Kolkata ally Rahul Dravid at Adelaide, he hasn't quite managed the consistency that could have turned him into a batting great. Between dazzling and sometimes workmanlike hundreds, he has
suffered the frustration of numerous twenties and thirties and has lost his place in the one-day side. Nothing, though, has deterred him from tormenting his favourite opponents with silken strokes and piles of runs: in the course of the double-hundred at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008, he became the second Indian batsman after Tendulkar to score more than 2000 runs against the Australians.
Sambit Bal October 2008
Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2002
Nov 10, 2008 |
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VVS Laxman, Sourav Ganguly and Harbhajan Singh soak up the atmosphere
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Nov 9, 2008 |
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VVS Laxman is cleaned up by Jason Krejza
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Nov 6, 2008 |
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VVS Laxman, Anil Kumble, Sourav Ganguly and Sachin Tendulkar at the felicitation ceremony organised by the BCCI
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