sarcastic Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 I am feeling very moved[(] to read this apparently official confirmation of Laxman's retirement at the end of this series:nervous:. Also, you can look at news regarding SRT's ODI career in the later section of the article. ---------------------------------------------------------- Thanks for the memories, Very Very Special Laxman! I will always hold you in high regards for all the special experiences you have ever given to me! :hatsoff: ---------------------------------------------------------- Source: http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/Ordinary-run-ends-a-special-career-Laxman-to-quit-after-series/899817/ Ordinary run ends a special career: Laxman to quit after series Kolkata, Mumbai: VVS Laxman is set to become the first of India big Three batting giants to hang up his boots. He is set to call time on his 133-match career at the end of the four-Test series in Australia. India are staring at their seventh overseas defeat in a row after ending Day Two at the WACA in Perth at 88 for four, still needing another 120 runs to make Australia bat again. Laxman, tentative and uncertain once again, edged an outswinger from Ben Hilfenhaus to be dismissed for a nine-ball duck. Ironically and in some ways fittingly the end will come against the opponents who have accorded him the highest respect in the past, for his masterful stroke play and match-winning knocks. But on those very same fast, true wickets and conditions that he once relished, Laxman is now struggling to make significant contributions. Laxman will retire at the end of the ongoing Tests series in Australia, said a top BCCI official, speaking to The Sunday Express. He is 37 and India's next Test series is still at least six months away. Plus his form has dropped significantly and his fitness , especially a troublesome back, is hampering him. Laxman's poor run with the bat has coincided with India's embarrassing overseas record of six defeats in a row four in England and the ones at Sydney and Melbourne the team worst away run since 1969. Laxman, in his last 14 innings outside the subcontinent, has scored 284 runs at an average of 20.28, with a highest of 66 made in the second innings of his favourite Australian ground, the SCG. These numbers pale in comparison to those recorded during the 16 innings preceding the aforementioned poor run 704 runs at 54.15 with one century and six fifties made outside the sub-continent. Unsure of Adelaide It isn't clear if Laxman will play the final Test in Adelaide, but his current tally on this tour reads: 102 runs at 17 with one fifty in six innings. In England, Laxman scored a fifty more, but he failed to arrest the slide or score runs when it mattered most a key feature of his career. We need to plan for the future after the poor show in England and now in Australia. Youngsters need to be given a long run now. Laxman has been one of our finest batsmen but he has run out of time as he has failed to make it count against Australia, a team he has dominated at his best," another top BCCI official said. Against Australia in their backyard, Laxman has made 1,183 runs at 45.5, with four hundreds and as many fifties. Overall against the same opponents, Laxman has 2381 runs at 50.65, with six hundreds and twice the number of half centuries. His match-winning 281 at Kolkata after India were forced to follow-on was rated by Wisden as the sixth-best Test match innings ever played. Tendulkar's ODI future Sachin Tendulkar could also make a big decision regarding his One-day International career. Tendulkar is set to play the tri-series also involving Sri Lanka in Australia, a tournament which could well be his last in limited-overs cricket. However, the source suggested that Tendulkar's decision will hinge on whether or not he scores his hundredth hundred in Australia during the final Test in Adelaide or during the tri-series. Tendulkar is said to have informed the BCCI that he would be available for selection for the tri-series starting on February 5. The batsman is expected to take a final decision about his ODI career during the tri-series beginning next month.
Nova Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Great news. It was inevitable. :hatsoff: to Laxman and his service to Indian cricket. All hail Laxman!
Sarkar Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 That batting generation fab four sachin saurav dravid laxman always will have a special place in indian cricket thanks for great innings like 281 mohali 2010 century in pakistan odi series 2004 and colombo 2010.
Pagalpanti Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Was waiting to hear this but its a bit depressing as well. End of an era for Indian batsmen, Dravid might follow suit soon as well. :(( Anyhow VVS deserves a great send-off. Hopefully India show some fight tomorrow, a great player deserved to leave on a good note.
fineleg Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Special, special, special batsman. This guy has delivered in so many series when we had our backs against the wall. This is the right time for him to retire. Good bye Sir. Hope to see VVS in some other capacity with the next-gen Indian team in future.
1983-2011 Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 please play in Adelaide then retire, am sure he will do well if he plays.
Cricketics Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Empty feeling. It's total incomplete. I can't see him go. Infact I don't want to see him go. He is the youngest among all Sachin, Dravid. Dravid had a decline. Tendulkar had a poor run. This is perhaps though the first poor run in long long time of VVS. I am sure he can score more runs like how Dravid and Tendulkar cameback. Infact he has anotehr 1500 runs to score for India. Sad that he is having his poor run at the same time when other greats are not doing well either. I am sad rite now to see this.
Pagalpanti Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Empty feeling. It's total incomplete. I can't see him go. Infact I don't want to see him go. He is the youngest among all Sachin, Dravid. Dravid had a decline. Tendulkar had a poor run. This is perhaps though the first poor run in long long time of VVS. I am sure he can score more runs like how Dravid and Tendulkar cameback. Infact he has anotehr 1500 runs to score for India. Sad that he is having his poor run at the same time when other greats are not doing well either. I am sad rite now to see this. Its sad but surely he doesn't have cricket left in him. Especially his fitness isn't helping his cause.
1983-2011 Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Its sad but surely he doesn't have cricket left in him. Especially his fitness isn't helping his cause. but they should let him play in adelaide then ask him to retire. BCCI:finger:
fineleg Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Sad that he is having his poor run at the same time when other greats are not doing well either. You are right. If his poor form had come at a time when the remaining Maharathis were doing good, then he might have been given a longer time to try and find form again. But now after Eng series and this Aus series, its time for him to announce this.
~ Miss Warner ~ Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 Surprised he didnt want one last tour at home... Say goodbye at home and get runs on a pitch he can actually play on.
Old guy Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 for him australia has been more of home then india :P
Dravid_TheWall Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 VVS-You will be missed and we will always remember your class innings. I agree with someone above, he is the youngest of the 3 but also the least powerful so I think the BCCI put pressure on him. Next will be Dravid. Tendulkar can play till 50 if he wants to, no one can make him do anything lol.
Karan114 Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Lol @ you all calling for this head like wolves and then when he does retire you all start crying and fall to your knees grabbing his shirt like heart broken babies :hysterical: Surprised he didnt want one last tour at home... Say goodbye at home and get runs on a pitch he can actually play on. Just look at the condescension towards a batsman who has pwned your team many, many times in the past. He may have had a bad few Tests to end his career but make no mistake, this man was a champion batsman.
prinzo Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Laxman plays a brillian inning once in a blue moon , he simply was not consistant , a good thing for India , bring in Rohit Sharma or another young blood to do a better job consistantly
Laaloo Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 The GREATEST MATCH WINNER OF ALL TIME Some of the knocks he has played in such difficult situations is unparalleled by any other batsmen in history VVS :hatsoff:
Nova Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 It's not official..not yet. Some reports say that BCCI will let him retire on his own. Nothing on cricinfo either.
FreakazoiD Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 Happy to see this. Life is tough, and we need to move on. For all good that Laxman has done for the country, he has no business hindering careers of youngsters waiting in the wings. He is not good enough to play for India any more, period. So let's not make a fuss about it and move on in the interest of Indian cricket, and lets not get bogged down by emotion.
Raghav_12 Posted January 15, 2012 Posted January 15, 2012 I don't think anything has been declared officially. There is nothing on cricinfo and no confirmed news anywhere on net. It's more of a speculation which may come true.
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