honestbharani
Whatever it takes!!!
He sucked against England both home and away for some reason. Think it is really the only hole in his record. Maybe did not bash Sri Lanka as much as the others did, perhaps?
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How do you rate players like VVS Laxman?
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SillyCowCorner1
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He treated Sri Lanka exceptionally, very, very special.
cnerd123
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VVS Laxman's last ever FC innings was 120. Makes me happy to know he went off on a good note. Scored it for Hyderabad, the only Ranji team he ever played for. Vihari was playing for Hyderabad in that game, scored 84 and put on a 133 run partnership with VVS. Great stuff.
That same week Jadeja hit his 2nd ever Ranji 300, for Saurashtra vs Gujarat. I'd like to think that he was inspired by Laxman's farewell innings.
That same week Jadeja hit his 2nd ever Ranji 300, for Saurashtra vs Gujarat. I'd like to think that he was inspired by Laxman's farewell innings.
cnerd123
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Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath were literally engineers.
Quite a lot of Engineering graduates have played for India, a quick google suggests at least 6 of them!
What about Kumble, Prasanna, Venkat, Srinath, Srikkanth ? Indians love their maths
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Senile Sentry
International Debutant
Again using 2000 onwards filter, he averaged 34 in England (his lowest in any country in that period). I wouldn't say it is torrid.
Senile Sentry
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And the new IPL sensation Varun Chakravarthy used to be a full time architect till 2015. Then decided to go into cricket at age 23.
Daemon
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Laxman was the last of them though, at least until Ashwin became a big deal in Test cricket.
karan_fromthestands
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That's good to hear, the discussions here are generally top quality.
nzfan
International Vice-Captain
Definitely world class, I'd like my son to play like him but I know he can't 
I saw him in the nets in close quarters here whenever India visited NZ. A very sweet guy as well. Amazed at how good a timer of the ball he was. Minimal foot work, all hands and boy the ball raced. You could almost see the trace left by the ball when he struck. Bit like Mark Waugh IMO. Made it look super easy. Should have played lot more one day cricket I thought. For some reason India didn't rate him as a one day player or maybe he didn't fit their plans.
I saw him in the nets in close quarters here whenever India visited NZ. A very sweet guy as well. Amazed at how good a timer of the ball he was. Minimal foot work, all hands and boy the ball raced. You could almost see the trace left by the ball when he struck. Bit like Mark Waugh IMO. Made it look super easy. Should have played lot more one day cricket I thought. For some reason India didn't rate him as a one day player or maybe he didn't fit their plans.
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This is not a bad shout at all from an Indian AT POV. He was ****ing awesome. Loved watching him play. He and Dravid my two fave Indian batsmen AT. Kohli rapidly joining them.
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This is a tad creepy tbh
I don't ever remember him going that well in Odis, think also struggled in the middle phase of odis when you had to milk singles, wasnt particularly good at that I feltDefinitely world class, I'd like my son to play like him but I know he can't
Arachnodouche
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^He had the worst knees known to cricket since Martin Crowe so he was never going to be good at ODIs.
Gill has many of VVS' strengths and weaknesses. Impeccable against spin, but stays inside the line to the quicker stuff and drives away from the body. Great hand-eye but remains to be seen how he goes in swinging conditions.
Gill has many of VVS' strengths and weaknesses. Impeccable against spin, but stays inside the line to the quicker stuff and drives away from the body. Great hand-eye but remains to be seen how he goes in swinging conditions.
Coronis
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You should believe in your son more.Definitely world class, I'd like my son to play like him but I know he can't
nzfan
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Yes but we don't make rubber wrists here though no matter how much I believe.