V. V. S. Laxman Biography

V. V. S. Laxman

Personal information
Full name Vangipurappu 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
2008–2010 Deccan Chargers
2011 Kochi Tuskers Kerala 

Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman pronunciation (born 1 November 1974), commonly known as V.V.S. Laxman, is a retired 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.

Personal life

Laxman was born into a Brahmin family in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh. Laxman's parents are, popular Physician Dr.Santharam and Dr.Satyabhama. Laxman studied at Little Flower High School, Hyderabad. He then enrolled as a medical student but chose cricket over a career in medicine. He married G. R. Sailaja from Guntur, who is a post-graduate in computer applications on 16 February 2004. They have two children - a son, Sarvajit and a daughter, Achinta.

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. Six out of his 17 Test hundreds, and four out of his six ODI hundreds have come against Australia. He has two double-centuries in Tests, both of them against Australia: his personal best of 281 at Kolkata in 2000–01, and 200* at Feroz Shah Kotla in 2008–09.


Retirement
On 18 August 2012, Laxman announced his retirement from international cricket. Although he was selected for the upcoming New Zealand series, he opted not to play in the series but he will play in domestic cricket for Hyderabad and the Indian Premier League . It was announced that the Northern Stand at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium will now be named after him.

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