Laxman Sivaramakrishnan retires from BCCI commentary, says he was never given toss or presentation duties due to discrimination

[vvvslaxman]

I appreciate L Siva for one thing though. Pakistanis had absolutely no clue about L Siva's bowling. THere was this famous match where Gavaskar took 4 blinders to skittle pakistan all out for 87 runs or so while defending 125.  They couldn't pick him off the hand. So they were literally waiting for the ball to turn to see what it did. .  Imran khan had no clue. Wish we had a clear video of that match.

[BacktoCricaddict]

1 hour ago, vvvslaxman said:

I appreciate L Siva for one thing though. Pakistanis had absolutely no clue about L Siva's bowling. THere was this famous match where Gavaskar took 4 blinders to skittle pakistan all out for 87 runs or so while defending 125.  They couldn't pick him off the hand. So they were literally waiting for the ball to turn to see what it did. .  Imran khan had no clue. Wish we had a clear video of that match.

Rothman Cup immediately after dominant win in 1985 BH WCC. 

 

Siva's meteoric rise was matched only by his precipitous drop. 

[vvvslaxman]

3 hours ago, BacktoCricaddict said:

Rothman Cup immediately after dominant win in 1985 BH WCC. 

 

Siva's meteoric rise was matched only by his precipitous drop. 

 

In that match video the entire crowd was chanting siva siva.. against pakistan. He reachced dizzy heights.

[Lord]

18 hours ago, vvvslaxman said:

 

In that match video the entire crowd was chanting siva siva.. against pakistan. He reachced dizzy heights.

Yet he chose to focus on racism. Victim mentality 

[Vilander]

On 4/5/2026 at 7:05 PM, Lord said:

Yet he chose to focus on racism. Victim mentality 

lol this is definition of Victim Blaming. you call yourself a moderator of this website ?

 

you must be ashamed of yourself lad, get better.  This shifts accountability from the perpetrator to the target, by stereotyping victims, denying the existence of systemic racism, or framing complaints as a "victim mentality." This tactic justifies inequality and silences those reporting abuse by focusing on their behavior rather than the racist action. 

 

 

[Vilander]

On 4/1/2026 at 10:34 AM, DeepSpace said:

I faced numerous accounts of racism when I moved to USA. That is not the point. Obviously, he has faced discrimination because of his skin color. Question is are you making excuses with it. Looking through his x post, he seems bitter of other people's success, takes jabs and faces an inferiority complex. 

what question man ? there is this guy a celeb coming out and calling racism. and you are questioning his intentions and blame him of making excuses ?. pathetic. 

[DeepSpace]

On 4/6/2026 at 10:56 PM, Vilander said:

what question man ? there is this guy a celeb coming out and calling racism. and you are questioning his intentions and blame him of making excuses ?. pathetic. 

Excuse me. Just because he is a celeb, I will taken his word for granted? WTF bro! Have we heard the other side? Racism is a very easy charge to level on someone when you should pull yourself by the bootstraps and make something of your life. I am fairly certain he was not given match toss coverage because he is not an enterprising character, not because his skin is dark. This is the 21st century. He was an average annoying commie at best. So, instead of introspection and improving his skills he takes the easy route out and blames it on discrimination. I have faced several challenges in my professional life where things did not go right for me (my manager and colleagues are mostly white), but I have never blamed racism for it.

 

Have you seen him gripe on X? He has the perfect victim mentality. Probably that is what ruined his initially promising career.

Edited yesterday at 01:15 AM by DeepSpace

[vvvslaxman]

WHy is he going after Ranauk now

[Vilander]

21 hours ago, DeepSpace said:

Excuse me. Just because he is a celeb, I will taken his word for granted? WTF bro! Have we heard the other side? Racism is a very easy charge to level on someone when you should pull yourself by the bootstraps and make something of your life. I am fairly certain he was not given match toss coverage because he is not an enterprising character, not because his skin is dark. This is the 21st century. He was an average annoying commie at best. So, instead of introspection and improving his skills he takes the easy route out and blames it on discrimination. I have faced several challenges in my professional life where things did not go right for me (my manager and colleagues are mostly white), but I have never blamed racism for it.

 

Have you seen him gripe on X? He has the perfect victim mentality. Probably that is what ruined his initially promising career.

Way to go around the point. Get well. You just victim blamed. Very typical Indian. 

[Vilander]

21 hours ago, DeepSpace said:

. I have faced several challenges in my professional life where things did not go right for me (my manager and colleagues are mostly white), but I have never blamed racism for it.

 

Yor situstion and his situation and life experiences might be different. How do you know if he faced racism or not ?. You are simply victim blaming.