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Full name Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born November 1, 1974, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Current age 33 years 303 days
Major teams India,Deccan Chargers,Hyderabad (India)
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
96
158
21
6000
281
43.79
12206
49.15
12
35
812
4
102
0
ODIs
86
83
7
2338
131
30.76
3282
71.23
6
10
222
4
39
0
First-class
209
340
38
15450
353
51.15
44
71
222
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
96
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
209
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
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 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
Sri Lanka v India at Colombo (PSS), Aug 8-11, 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, and 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 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 frustrations of numerous twenties and thirties, and has struggled to hold his place in the one-day side. He has never made a secret of his acute disappointment at missing out on the World Cup in 2003, but has now reconciled to his confinement to the five-day arena, where he is no longer an automatic choice when India decide to play five batsmen. A match-saving century at St Kitts, his tenth, should help though. Sambit Bal July 2006
