Full Name: Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman
Born: 1 November 1974, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Major Teams: India, Hyderabad.
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Right Arm Off Break

Test Debut: India v South Africa at Ahmedabad, 1st Test, 1996/97

ODI Debut: India v Zimbabwe at Cuttack, Pepsi Triangular Series, 1997/98

TESTS
 (including 02/01/2004)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   50   83  10  3460  281   47.39  49.69   7  18   58   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling              42     10   100    1 100.00  1-32    0   0 252.0  2.38

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 24/03/2004)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   72   70   6  2049  131   32.01  71.64   6   9   35   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               7      0    40    0    -     -      0   0    -   5.71
        





A Sublime touch: A Profile on VVS Laxman by Bhavya Kumar Vasudevan
 
  This Hyderabadi batsman, an almost immediate predecessor of Mohammad Azharuddin in terms of 
  class is known to play one of the greatest Test Match Innings of all time. An Innings that 
  gave him an instant recognition. There is a touch of class attached when someone calls you by 
  your initials. That series winning 281 in Kolkatta against the World Champions not only 
  ended Australia's unbeaten 16 Test Match Wins record, but also ensured that India would bounce 
  back to pressurise Australia from a no win situation and challenge them to win the series. 

    
  This was not the first time VVS had scored a sublime century against the Australians. In Sydney
  VVS stroked a magnificient 167 not out to earn a sense of respect amongst all Australian 
  people. His form in the Test arena was exceptional, but he failed to carry the same form to One 
  Day cricket. Perhaps, his inability to play the lofted shot and to score runs quickly cost him 
  his place in the Indian One Day side. The pain was even larger when his name was not included 
  in the One Day squad for the World Cup in South Africa.

    
  His return in the team marked one of the most sensational comebacks into form. He looked in 
  fine knick in the TVS cup in India against Australia and New Zealand. That form ensured his 
  place in the side for the all important tour of Australia. Throughout the Australian tour, if 
  there was one man, who the mighty Australians were unable to dismiss, it was VVS. Two 300+ run 
  partnership in Adelaide and Sydney and a vital support role in Brisbane by VVS had enabled 
  India to draw the Test series. He was not done there. For the first time VVS carried on that 
  form from Test cricket into One Day cricket. He made 3 centuries in a weeks time and was 
  surprisingly India's most successful batsman in the One Day Internationals. 'Just maybe I would 
  have made the difference in the World Cup final', would have been an ideal response VVS could 
  have given to the selectors after the Australian tour. Just maybe...

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