Terming the Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting scandal as "unfortunate", former India batsman V V S Laxman on Wednesday said the Board of Control for Cricket in India is capable of restoring the credibility of Indian cricket.
In cricket, we have something that we can share with our families, neighbours and indeed, the whole country. It is colour-blind, language-neutral, truly secular and transcends all regions, from Kashmir to Kerala and Mizoram to Maharashtra, explains Shreekant Sambrani.
VVS Laxman returned to the top 20 of the ICC Rankings for the first time in three years after his scintillating performance against Pakistan in the first Test in Delhi
"I feel honoured as I have been bestowed with one of the most prestigious awards. It is indeed satisfying that my achievements while playing for the country have been rewarded. The biggest honour, however, is the opportunity to represent my country for so many years," said Laxman after the announcement was made.
'It was amazing to see the speed with which the lines flowed from his pen!' remembers Ambassador Placido P D'Souza.
In a message posted on 'X' on Wednesday, Rama Rao said the BRS has never allied with anyone during polls ever since Telangana was formed despite several requests and in fact it is the opposition that have come together setting aside their ideological differences to defeat the 'formidable' KCR.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India on Wednesday announced that former cricketers Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman and Sourav Ganguly have been entrusted with the task of selecting the next Indian coach.
VVS Laxman substituted grit for flair as he helped India recover to 228 for six against Pakistan in the first Test.
Performing well overseas should be India's top priority and the Test squad needs 'smart preparation' every time they embark on a tour, according to former India batsman VVS Laxman.
Indian Space Research Organisation on Tuesday paid tributes to iconic cartoonist R K Laxman by posting online his cartoon 'common man' reaching Mars, the last of his works, which he had sent to the space agency after the success of the historic Mars Mission.
The doctors removed a tube that had been inserted in Laxman's nose while he underwent treatment in a Mumbai hospital about two and half months back after suffering multiple strokes, sources said.
The CBI, which was handed over the case only on December 6, 2004, completed the investigations in 15 months.
A contest against Australia brought out the best from Indian stalwart VVS Laxman, who announced his retirement a few days ago, says former Aussie pacer Brett Lee, adding such was his domination that the Hyderabadi seemed to score a hundred every time the two teams met.
Veteran Tamil Nadu batsman S Badrinath has been recalled into the Indian Test team as replacement of the just retired VVS Laxman.
Notwithstanding Rising Pune Supergiants' poor run in IPL-9, Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor VVS Laxman considers the debutante side as a formidable unit and said his team will have to put its best foot forward when they clash with them in their IPL match on Tuesday. "It goes without saying that (RPS Captain M S Dhoni) Dhoni will be looking forward to use Ashwin against Warner and Shikhar. I believe that Pune has got a very formidable batting line up," Laxman said in a pre-match press conference at Hyderabad. "Lot of people talk about Ajinkya Rahane, Steve Smith, Faf Duplessis being similar. They are all extrordinary T20 players. We cannot at all be complecent or we cannot at all underestimate the batting strength of Pune. We are very mindful," he added. The former Test batsman, however, exuded confidence that SRH can take on any opposition if it sticks to its plans and executes them well. "But, I believe that if we concentrate on our plans and try to execute our plans, then we can do well against any opposition. It's more about concentrating and playing to our strength, while strategizing for each and every opposition batsman or bowler," he said. Noting that the MS Dhoni-led Pune team would look to bounce back strongly, Laxman said no team can be ruled out as it is still the early part of the long IPL tournament.
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VVS Laxman heaped praise on current Test skipper Virat Kohli, saying the Delhi batsman possessed strong basics and is a complete batsman in all formats of the game.
Paying glowing tributes to VVS Laxman, who quit international cricket on Saturday, selection committee chairman Krishnamachari Srikkanth said that the batsman should have got more recognition for his match-winning performances for the country.
VVS Laxman's fluent century guided India to a convincing five-wicket victory to level the three match series 1-1 on Day 5 of the third and final Test, at the P Sara Oval, in Colombo, on Saturday.
The legendary hockey goalkeeper represented India in three successive Olympics, from 1956.
Experienced middle-order batsman Vangipurappu Laxman has been declared fit to play in the second and final Test against South Africa, starting on Sunday, India's chief selector Krishnamachari Srikkanth said.
Sachin Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman will continue as members of Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) till the new constitution of the Board of Control for Cricket in India is adopted and the elections take place.
The Hyderabadi right-hander said his experience of playing on bouncy wickets would come handy in South Africa.
After being ruled out of the second and final Test against Bangladesh due to a hamstring injury, Indian fast bowler S Sreesanth will return home on Saturday.
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Former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman, who was sentenced on Saturday to four years imprisonment by a court in Delhi, said he would challenge his conviction before the Delhi high court as the case against him was framed by some media personnel. "We will challenge the decision in the high court. We will definitely appeal in the higher court," Laxman's counsel Ajay Digpaul told reporters after pronouncement of the sentence.
VVS Laxman's 281 against Australia in Kolkata has been voted as the greatest Indian Test innings.
VVS Laxman could not repeat the first-innings heroics but his brief 23-run knock was crucial nonetheless as his team Lancashire escaped to a draw against Durham in a three-day match of the County Championships at Old Trafford.
India were "unlucky" to lose the One-Day series against Australia and the team will bounce back to tame the Sri Lankans in the upcoming Test and ODI series, feels senior batsman V V S Laxman.
VVS Laxman said that the English experience would help the cricketers do well in the gruelling Australia tour that precedes the World Cup.
Sourav Ganguly asked for an immediate replacement because the middle-order batsman can take no further part in the tournament.
Run continued to flow from V V S Laxman's blade, while S Sreesanth too dazzled in his debut for Warwickshire as both the Indians made their mark in their ongoing County Championship matches. At Old Trafford, Laxman hit a classy 193-ball 87, to top score for Lancashire, while Sreesanth came as the first change bowler and removed Adam Voges, Ali Brown and Mark Ealham for a decent figure of 14.1-1-65-3.
In what has been described as the start of a new innings, the legendary Sachin Tendulkar, former India captain Sourav Ganguly and VVS Laxman joined the BCCI in a newly-constituted advisory panel to guide the Board in all matters related to the game.
Sunrisers Hyderabad mentor VVS Laxman, on Monday, said the franchise would wait for Cricket Australia's decision David Warner
K Sasikiran registered his third consecutive win to join R R Laxman at the top after the sixth round.
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VVS Laxman played second fiddle to Andrew Flintoff as Lancashire thumped Derbyshire by 56 runs in the Twenty20 Cup in London. Flintoff hammered 93 from 41 balls to hog the limelight but Laxman's 45-ball 63 was no less significant as the duo shared a fourth-wicket stand of 99 to help Lancashire pile up 220 for five, their best ever Twenty20 score.
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