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Laxman retires from international cricket:-
VVS Laxman has
announced his retirement from international cricket with immediate effect,
ending a 16-year career that will be remembered for several innings of extreme
grace under extreme pressure. Laxman, 37, had been included in India's squad
for the home series against New Zealand starting next week but said he took the
decision over the past few days.
He announced his decision at an
emotional press conference in his hometown Hyderabad, which he will represent
in the Ranji Trophy this coming season.
"I would like to announce my
retirement from international cricket with immediate effect," Laxman said.
"I have always kept my country's success and need ahead of my personal
aspirations. And while I would love contributing to the team's success,
especially against England and Australia, I think this is the right time to
give the youngsters a chanc in home conditions ahead of international
assignments.
VVS Laxman announces his Retirement |
"It was a tough decision to take,
I have always listened to my inner conscience. I have always done that right
through my career. There was a lot of debate in the last four days. I felt this
is the right time to move on."
"Till last night I was unable to
make up my mind, but in the end I listened to my inner voice and arrived at my
decision to retire. I informed the chairman of selectors (Krishnamachari
Srikkanth) this morning that I would not continue playing for India. I also
spoke to many of my team-mates, they were surprised that I was retiring before
the series. It was all very emotional."
Laxman represented India in 134 Tests,
scoring 8781 runs at 45.97. He made his debut against South Africa in the home
series in 1996 but shot to the limelight with a knock of 167 against Australia in Sydney in 2000. Perhaps his greatest
achievement was his 281 at Eden Gardens in Kolkata in 2001,
against Australia, then the highest score by an Indian batsman in Tests. Part
of a record stand with Rahul Dravid, it set up a stunning victory for the home
team after following on and ended Australia's consecutive 16-match winning
streak.
Laxman last played an ODI in 2006 but
had, by then, become a regular in the Test side and played his 100th Test in
2008, against Australia in Nagpur. Laxman made six of his 17 Test
centuries against Australia, with an average of 49.67 in 29 Tests and success
both home and away.
VVS Laxman Retirement |
His performances in the eight Tests
during India's disastrous tours of England and Australia in 2011 were
disappointing. He averaged 22.75 in England and 19.38 in Australia, prompting
some to call for him being dropped from the side with a long-term view of
grooming a youngster to take his place.
Laxman-Profile:-
Laxman bats
right-handed and occasionally bowls off-spin. He is noted for his superb timing
and the ability to hit against the spin, reminiscent of his role model Mohammed Azharuddin. Laxman is particularly
noted for the skilful use of his supple wrists, which allow him to flick the
ball to various places, but usually through the leg side. This also helps in
his catching, and he typically fields in the slips or in a bat pad position.
At his sublime best, VVS Laxman is a
sight for the gods. Wristy, willowy and sinuous, he can match - sometimes even
better - Tendulkar for strokeplay. His on-side game is comparable to his idol
Azharuddin's, yet he is decidedly more assured on the off side and has the rare
gift of being able to hit the same ball to either side. The Australians, who
have suffered more than most, paid the highest compliment after India's 2003-04
tour Down Under by admitting they did not know where to bowl to him.
Batting averages & Bowling averages:-
VVS Laxman Profile |
Laxman, a
one-time medical student, finally showed signs of coming to terms with his
considerable gifts in March 2001, as he tormented Steve Waugh's
thought-to-be-invincible Australians with a majestic 281 to stand the Kolkata
Test on its head. But even though he had another wonderful series against the
Australians in 2003-04 with two centuries, one of them involving a
back-from-the-dead, match-winning, 300-plus partnership with Kolkata ally Rahul
Dravid at Adelaide, he hasn't quite managed the consistency that could have
turned him into a batting great. Between dazzling and sometimes workmanlike
hundreds, he has suffered the frustration of numerous twenties and thirties and
has lost his place in the one-day side. Nothing, though, has deterred him from
tormenting his favourite opponents with silken strokes and piles of runs: in
the course of the double-hundred at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008, he became the
second Indian batsman after Tendulkar to score more than 2000 runs against the
Australians.
VVS Laxman & Sachin |
A couple of years later, batting with a runner due to back spasms,
he conjured up a magical unbeaten 73 in a thrilling run-chase in Mohali.
However, in 2011 the runs dried up in
two successive overseas trips - in eight innings in England he scored 182, and
then the poor run continued in his favourite country and against his favourite
opponent, Australia. With India losing those matches badly, his future as an
international player was suddenly under threat.
There were calls from former players
and commentators questioning Laxman's selection for the two-Test home series
against New Zealand in August 2012. On August 18, though, less than a week
before the series was to begin in his hometown Hyderabad, Laxman announced his
retirement from international cricket with immediate effect, resisting the
temptation to end his career in front of his home crowd.
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