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Full name Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born November 1, 1974, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Current age 34 years 34 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
215
350
41
16090
353
52.07
46
73
226
1
List A
167
161
18
4944
131
34.57
9
27
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
215
1751
728
21
3/11
34.66
2.49
83.3
0
0
List A
167
698
548
8
2/42
2/42
68.50
4.71
87.2
0
0
0
Twenty20
6
-
-
-
-
-
-
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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
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
First-class debut
1992/93
Last First-class
Hyderabad (India) v Rajasthan at Hyderabad (Decc), Nov 23-26, 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
Profile
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
