He has been a long-time middle-order mainstay of India's batting line-up but veteran VVS Laxman says he started feeling assured in the team only in the last four years during which he was given the "freedom" to play his natural game.
Cricket fraternity hails Gautam Gambhir appointment
VVS Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni struck up a 115-run partnership to help India recover from 93 for 5 to 228 for 6 at close on Day 2 of the second Test.
'No one took umbrage, because they knew Laxman had no malice in him.'
Former India star batsman VVS Laxman prefers all-rounder Hardik Pandya over Karun Nair in the playing XI for the first Test match against England, considering his all-round skill sets. Laxman is a firm believer of the "five bowler theory" and wants Pandya to open the bowling with Mohammed Shami, with Amit Mishra playing as the third specialist spinner.
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Former Indian cricketers lavished praise on senior batsman VVS Laxman for showing "exemplary" grit and determination while leading India to a thrilling one-wicket win over Australia in the first Test despite battling back spasms.
The Indian badminton team received enthusiastic support from fellow athletes, including cricketers Washington Sundar, Sai Kishore and Tilak Varma.
Batting mainstay VVS Laxman believes a 250 plus score in the first innings at Kingsmead will prove competitive and give India enough cushion to bowl out South Africa in the second Test.
VVS Laxman struck a fine hundred to help Lancashire gain a 205-run lead against Warwickshire on the second day of the Division one county match at Old Trafford.
VVS Laxman, the hero of India's second innings, feels it is important to get Jacques Kallis out quickly on Wednesday to win the second Test and draw level in the three-match series.
The ace batsman was out on 95 as India declared their first innings on 388 for 7 on Day 2 of the four-day match against Sussex.
Rookie paceman Ishant Sharma has been drafted in to the final twelve for the second Test against Bangladesh.
Rahul Dravid has already informed the BCCI about his decision to step away from the role after the T20 World Cup.
Former India captain Sourav Ganguly said that VVS Laxman has sent out a "loud and clear" message to the selectors by deciding to quit international cricket with immediate effect.
The way cricketer Yuvraj Singh conquered cancer and then came back on the field with renewed vigour made him a role model for others, former India batsman V V S Laxman said.
Stressing on the fact that most of the Indian batsmen's form has been a big factor in India's success so far, former batsman VVS Laxman expects them to fire on all cylinders during the quarter-final stages as well.
Hyderabad make 251 in reply to Punjab's 142 and gain a 109-run first innings lead.
India's captain says the Hyderabadi batsman is looking hungry and setermined to do well in England.
Statistical highlights on the fifth day of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo on Saturday.
Images from Day of the third and final Test between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, on Saturday.
In a huge embarrassment to the Bharatiya Janata Party, its former president Bangaru Laxman was on Friday convicted for the offence of accepting Rs one lakh as bribe from a fake arms dealer in a fictitious deal 11 years ago.
V V S Laxman said a good start would be the key to India's improved performance in the Test series against South Africa.
Tributes also poured in from across the border with former Pakistan opener Saeed Anwar hailing Dhawan's hard work and other qualities.
Hailing Sourav Ganguly's appointment as the Cricket Association of Bengal (CAB) president, former India batsman VVS Laxman said it's a positive sign for the sport in the country.
Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman has suffered three mild strokes and admitted to the intensive care unit of a hospital in Mumbai on Monday where doctors described his condition as critical but stable.
Activists Laxman Hake and Navnath Waghmare, who have been sitting on a hunger strike at Wadigodri village in Jalna district since June 13, did not allow doctors to check their health or administer intravenous fluids.
Allan Donald believes India are a batsman or two short on the South African trip.
Mumbai batsman Rohit Sharma has been called up as cover for VVS Laxman for the first Test against South Africa, beginning in Nagpur on February 6. The stylish Hyderabadi batsman is yet to recover fully from the finger injury he suffered while fielding during the second Test against Bangladesh in Chittagong last month.
'The world is yet to watch him, show his prowess as a batter, but given the chance he will do a great job.'
Australia's legendary spinner Shane Warne picked his greatest Indian eleven, comprising the players he played against. A notable absentee from his list is VVS Laxman, who is named as 12th man.
He might be drawing flak for his flopshow in the ongoing Test series against Australia but veteran Indian batsman VVS Laxman has no plans of hanging up his boots just yet.
A reality check awaits the Indian cricket team as it gears up to begin life without the famed batting duo of Rahul Dravid and VVS Laxman when they take on a lowly New Zealand in the first Test of the two-match series in Hyderabad on Thursday.
The Hyderabadi batsman was dropped from the squad for the 2003 World Cup.
When Sachin picked Laxman as his favourite player among the likes of Dravid, Ganguly
Tendulkar's ranking may have slipped but he will show why he is recognised as the world's best batsman in the remaining three Tests, Indian teammate VVS Laxman said on Tuesday.
Eclipsing several other great individual knocks, VVS Laxman's masterly innings of 281 against Australia at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata has been rated as the greatest Test performance of the last 50 years.
