V. V. S. Laxman

V. V. S. Laxman

Personal information
Full name	Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born	1 November 1974 (age 37) Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
Nickname	Very Very Special
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm off spin
International information
National side	India
Test debut(cap 209)	20 November 1996 v South Africa
Last Test	24 January 2012 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 112)	9 April 1998 v Zimbabwe
Last ODI	3 December 2006 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1992 – present	Hyderabad
2007, 2009	Lancashire (squad no. 5, 26)
2008–2010	Deccan Chargers
2011	Kochi Tuskers Kerala
Career statistics
Competition	Test	ODI	FC	LA
Matches	134	86	265	173
Runs scored	8,781	2,338	19,520	5,078
Batting average	45.97	30.76	51.50	34.54
100s/50s	17/56	6/10	54/97	9/28
Top score	281	131	353	131
Balls bowled	324	42	1,835	698
Wickets	2	0	22	8
Bowling average	63.00	–	34.27	68.50
5 wickets in innings	0	0	0	0
10 wickets in match	0	n/a	0	n/a
Best bowling	1/2	0/5	3/11	2/42
Catches/stumpings	135/–	39/–	274/1	74/–
Source: Cricinfo, 30 January 2012

Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman  pronunciation (help·info) (born 1 November 1974), sometimes shortened to Venkatsai Laxman but generally known as V.V.S. Laxman, is an Indian cricketer. Laxman represents Hyderabad in domestic cricket and has played for Lancashire in English county cricket. Laxman is the great grand nephew of Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, former President of India. He was the captain of the Deccan Chargers team in the Indian Premier League in its first year before being replaced by Adam Gilchrist for the next year. In 2011, Laxman was awarded the Padma Shri award, India's fourth highest civilian award from the Government of India.

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.

Laxman is noted most for his batting against Australia, in both tests and one day internationals. As of February 2010, he has scored 6 out of his 17 test hundreds, and 4 out of his 6 ODI hundreds against Australia. He has two double-centuries in tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 atKolkata in 2000–01, and 200* at Feroz Shah Kotla in 

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