kumble_rocks Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 2nd inngs avg of 55.4 against Aus. as against 16 !:D The true clutch performer ...
Cricketics Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 one day i will definately make a compilation/montage on this Legend.. who playz for India.. WHAT A BLOODY LEGEND..
gs Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 A tribute Bossbhai style to VVS - The Owner of Aussies - in numbers 2nd inngs avg of 55.4 against Aus. and *THAT* mother of all 281 We will miss you sorely the next time VVS .... :hatsoff::hatsoff::hatsoff: Not quite. He will be around when Aussies visit India later this year.:two_thumbs_up:
Bumper Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 The most unassuming & the most underrated of our middle order bats. Lawry loves him to death. Taylor called him the best player of pace in our last tour Down Under. The one series he didnt click vs Aus (BG'04), we performed poorly
Bumper Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 VVS has played a major part in EVERY test win we've had vs Australia this decade. 281 in Kolkatta 50+ in Chennai 150 at Adelaide 60+ at Mumbai 79 at Perth
kumble_rocks Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 The most unassuming & the most underrated of our middle order bats. Lawry loves him to death. Taylor called him the best player of pace in our last tour Down Under. The one series he didnt click vs Aus (BG'04)' date= we performed poorly Didn't click ? Still won us the mumbai game along with Tendulkar .
Rohan495 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 i would love too see him in Light Blue before leavin Australia. But again its the cruel, nasty, money minded selectors making their "wise" decisions. jalebi33 1
living Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 i would love too see him in Light Blue before leavin Australia. But again its the cruel' date=' nasty, money minded selectors making their "wise" decisions.[/quote'] dude give it a rest ... he can't field in ODI's. Way too slow, stop bringing this up in EVERY Laxman thread. jalebi33 1
Rohan495 Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 dude give it a rest ... he can't field in ODI's. Way too slow' date=' stop bringing this up in EVERY Laxman thread.[/quote'] First of all dont ever tell me what to do. Second of all, How do you know that? have you seen him play limited over cricket lately? Have you seen his innings for Lancashire? Have we seen Laxman play ODIs in recent times. NO. So keep your assumptions to the minnimum
satishg Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 elegance and class personified..VVS is truly special..
talksport Posted January 21, 2008 Posted January 21, 2008 If India wants to get the best out of him....he should be made captain , when kumble resigns ala dravid. I feel responsibility will make him bat better against all sides instead of a sword hanging on him for his place
living Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 First of all dont ever tell me what to do. Second of all' date=' How do you know that? have you seen him play limited over cricket lately? Have you seen his innings for Lancashire? Have we seen Laxman play ODIs in recent times. NO. So keep your assumptions to the minnimum[/quote'] I just said it, because its getting annoying. You bring it up EVERY TIME. And I don't need to watch him play ODI's "in recent times" in order to realise that he is SLOW between wickets and in the field. If you think so otherwise, then well, we can't have sane debate anymore.
Cricketics Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 The word 'Laxman' causes two reactions from Australian players: they cower at the thought of the previous treatment and praise him like a deity - Pete English
Bumper Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 Good article on Laxman. Sharda Ugra claims Laxman is India's best ever second innings batsman! http://indiatoday.digitaltoday.in/index.php?option=com_myblog&show=It-had-to-be-you.html&Itemid=&main_category=Free%20Hit/contentid,3707 It had to be you Posted on: January 18, 2008 It had to be you. Or rather, you two. Here we are, on the third evening of the gut-wrencher in Perth. It seems scarcely possible that the heated temperatures and ugly tempers of Sydney have turned into this: a sweaty arm-wrestle in grim, grunt-punctured silence, watched by a golden, blinding, sun, impassive palm trees and millions not daring to move. Rahul Dravid once said that some Test matches felt they lasted mere hours, others like they had lasted for more days than five. This one feels like forever. Australian ambition, Indian defiance, nobody blinking. Some Australians are worried that their aura is fading, but even then typically believe they can make a good go of the second highest run-chase in Test history. The Indians are on the verge of a result so freakish that they must sleep with their boots superglued on as a reminder to keep going. And it had to be V.V.S. Laxman who has taken the Indians there. In a team full of forceful personalities with no shortage of alpha males, the Hyderabadi is an ephemeral presence. His No. 6 spot in the batting line-up is often mulled over and there are grumblings from the youth-first brigade about his knees, his fielding and his running between wickets. He stands at second slip, virtually invisible, except when a catch goes his way or when a beaming crescent of teeth is sighted after a wicket falls. But to his team, this old-fashioned, unprepossessing, deeply devout man is the genie in their bottle. Laxman's walk to the crease is all purposeful, rolling-shouldered, Johnnie Walker advert. Once there, he combines a stillness of demeanour with a bustle of run-seeking. Unlike in Sydney, his innings at Perth wasn't filled with strokes that picked the ball 13 cms from outside off and sent the disoriented thing to mid-wicket, but he could still look like he was batting for pleasure. At the end-of-day press conference, he remarked bafflingly that he enjoyed playing under pressure. Perhaps he thinks the words are synonyms. He finds his inspiration in both the Bhagavad Gita and the words of NBA coach Phil Jackson. On the 2003-04 tour of Australia, he would relax before batting by lying under dressing room tables listening to music ranging from bhajans to Ricky Martin. In Perth, the sight of Shaun Tait mouthing off at Laxman was not a mean fast-bowler's idea of intimidation; it was an agitated soul sledging a statue. For his repeated role in setting up games for India, by turning chaos to order (for the opposition, it must feel like the other way around), Laxman is India's best-ever second innings batsman. It is unlikely his more decorated batting colleagues would argue. His batting partners tell you that his catchphrase at the crease is "have faith, have faith." V.V.S. Laxman was the keeper of India's faith today. It was an innings that could change this series.
3rd Man Posted January 22, 2008 Posted January 22, 2008 without a doubt, one of India's great matchwinners. I can recall time and again Laxman bailing out India.The sad irony is that he is never given the same status as the other demi gods in the team
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