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Full name Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born November 1, 1974, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Current age 30 years 255 days
Major teams India, Hyderabad
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
class mat inns no runs hs ave bf sr 100 50 4s 6s ct
st
Tests 64 103 11 3961 281 43.05 7953 49.80 7 22 549 4 72 0
ODIs 83 80 7 2309 131 31.63 3226 71.57 6 10 220 4 39 0
First-class 159 255 27 12430 353 54.51 37 52 173 1
List A 152 147 17 4367 131 33.59 8 23 70 0
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
Tests 64 252 100 1 1/32 1/32 100.00 2.38 252.00 0 0 0
ODIs 83 42 40 0 - - - 5.71 - 0 0 0
First-class 159 1583 659 18 3/11 36.61 2.49 87.94 0 0
List A 152 494 390 6 2/42 2/42 65.00 4.73 82.33 0 0 0
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Test debut India v South Africa at Ahmedabad - Nov 20-23, 1996
scorecard
Last Test India v Pakistan at Bangalore - Mar 24-28, 2005 scorecard
ODI debut India v Zimbabwe at Cuttack - Apr 9, 1998 scorecard
Last ODI India v Pakistan at Kolkata - Nov 13, 2004 scorecard
First-class span 1992/93 - 2004/05
List A span 1994/95 - 2004/05
Notes : Wisden Cricketer of the Year 2002
At his sublime best, VVS Laxman is a sight for the
gods. Wristy, willowy and sinuous, he can match, and even better,
Sachin Tendulkar for strokeplay. His on-side game is comparable to
his idol Mohammad Azharuddin, and yet he is decidedly more assured
on the off side and he has the rare the gift of being able hit the
same ball on either side. The Australians, against whom he has
notched his tallest feats, paid him the highest compliment after
Indiaıs 2003-04 tour to Australia by conceding that they did not
know where to bowl to him. After flitting between awe-inspiring
brilliance and mystifying ordinariness, Laxman has finally shown
signs of coming to terms with his considerable gifts. In March 2001,
all the dreams he had had as a wannabe medical student came true
when he tormented Steve Waughıs then-invincible Australians with a
majestic 281 at Calcutta - one of the greatest performances of all
time. But then he went back to mortality settling for the
frustrations of the 20s and 30s and struggling to hold his place in
the one-day side. An uncharacteristic, grinding century in the West
Indies in 2001-02 marked his second coming and he has been a picture
of consistency ever since, never failing to dazzle, but less prone
to collaborating in his own dismissal. He put behind the acute
disappointment of being left out of the 2003 World Cup by making an
emphatic return to the one-day game with a string of hundreds in
Australia and followed it up with a stirring, match-winning 107 in
series decider in Indian historic, ice-breaking tour of Pakistan in
2004. The youngest member of India's dazzling batting quartet,
Laxman's most prolific years might be ahead of him.
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