VVS Laxman

VVS Laxman

Top-order Batter

Batting Style Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style Right Arm Offbreak
Age 49 years
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29 Nov 2023

BCCI

Rahul Dravid to continue as Team India's head coach: Details

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has announced the extension of contracts for head coach Rahul Dravid and the support staff of the Indian cricket team (men's).

18 Jul 2023

Indian Cricket Team

Asian Games 2023: VVS Laxman to coach Indian cricket team

Former Indian batting icon and current National Cricket Academy chief VVS Laxman will serve as the Indian team's coach at the 2023 Asian Games in Hangzhou, China.

17 Jul 2023

Rahul Dravid

Rahul Dravid-led coaching staff to be rested for Ireland series

India's head coach Rahul Dravid and his coaching staff will be rested following the ongoing all-format tour of West Indies and USA, reported Cricbuzz.

30 Jun 2023

Shikhar Dhawan

Shikhar Dhawan likely to lead India at Asian Games: Report

Discarded opener Shikhar Dhawan could make a return to the Indian team later this year.

06 May 2023

Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara becomes sixth Indian to complete 19,000 FC runs 

Cheteshwar Pujara's dream run in the ongoing County Championship Division Two continues as on Friday (May 5), he hammered his third century of the season.

02 Apr 2023

Indian Cricket Team

Indian cricket legend Salim Durani passes away: Details here 

Indian cricket legend Salim Durani has passed away at the age of 88.

11 Mar 2023

Cheteshwar Pujara

Cheteshwar Pujara completes 2,000 Test runs versus Australia: Key stats 

Veteran Indian batter Cheteshwar Pujara has completed 2,000 runs versus Australia in Test cricket.

11 Nov 2022

Rahul Dravid

VVS Laxman to coach Team India on NZ tour: Report

Rahul Dravid and others will be given a break for India's upcoming tour of New Zealand, reported the Times of India.

24 Aug 2022

Indian Cricket Team

Asia Cup: VVS Laxman named India's interim head coach

VVS Laxman, the incumbent head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA), has been appointed as India's interim head coach for the upcoming Asia Cup.

25 May 2022

Indian Cricket Team

VVS Laxman to coach Team India on Ireland tour

VVS Laxman, the incumbent head of the National Cricket Academy (NCA) in Bengaluru, is set to travel to Ireland with India's T20I side.

14 Nov 2021

Rahul Dravid

VVS Laxman to take charge as National Cricket Academy head

In a major development, Indian legend VVS Laxman is set to take charge as the head of National Cricket Academy (NCA).

01 Nov 2020

Ranji Trophy

VVS Laxman turns 46: A look at his splendid records

Indian maestro Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman turned 46 on Sunday.

19 Apr 2020

Rohit Sharma

Sunil Gavaskar highlights Rohit's exclusion from Wisden's list of players

Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar voiced his opinion on Rohit Sharma's exclusion from the 2020 edition of Wisden Cricketers' Almanack.

Being nice to Indians doesn't fetch IPL contract: VVS Laxman

Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman hit back at Michael Clarke for his comments on the IPL contract.

12 Apr 2020

Rohit Sharma

Rohit should have been included in Wisden's list: VVS Laxman

Former Indian batsman VVS Laxman voiced his opinion as opener Rohit Sharma was left out of the recently announced Wisden's list of five players.

31 Mar 2020

Virat Kohli

#ThisDayThatYear: Little Master crosses the 10,000-run mark in ODIs

Master Blaster Sachin Tendulkar owns a plethora of records in international cricket when it comes to batting.

Dravid and Laxman did not get enough credit, says Jaffer

Former Indian opener Wasim Jaffer stated that veterans like VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid did not get enough due in their careers.

Ranji Trophy 2019-20: Statistical review of the tournament

Saurashtra clinched their maiden Ranji Trophy title after gaining the first innings lead in the all-important final against Bengal.

23 Feb 2020

Virat Kohli

Virat Kohli has to show more discipline, says VVS Laxman

Indian cricket team captain Virat Kohli has been struggling in the ongoing tour of New Zealand.

30 Nov 2019

BCCI

Sachin Tendulkar, VVS Laxman could return to CAC: Reports

Cricketing legends Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman could be on their way back to helping the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

15 Nov 2019

Gautam Gambhir

BJP's Gautam Gambhir skips meeting on pollution, enjoys in Indore

Such is the apathy of our elected leaders, that they are busy enjoying their lives while residents of Delhi are choking due to air pollution.

Happy birthday, VVS Laxman: Here're some unique things about him

VVS Laxman is one of the most charismatic middle-order batsman to have ever played the game for India.

29 Oct 2019

BCCI

BCCI to introduce contract system for First-Class cricketers: Details here

It has been barely a week since Sourav Ganguly has taken over the charge as the new BCCI president, and he has come up with some revolutionary ideas.

VVS Laxman slams KL Rahul: Here's why

Indian opener KL Rahul has been on the receiving end, following a poor show in the just-concluded Test series against the Windies.

Here's what VVS Laxman has to say about Hanuma Vihari

Young Indian middle-order batsman Hanuma Vihari made headlines after he was chosen over Rohit Sharma in the opening Test against the Windies, last week.

This legend believes Rishabh Pant is future of Indian cricket

Wicket-keeper batsman Rishabh Pant faced tough luck as he missed out on India's 15-member squad for the upcoming ICC World Cup.

VVS Laxman loses cool over CoA's conflict of interest charges

Cricket Advisory Committee member VVS Laxman lost his cool after the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) charged him with a conflict of interest over his involvement with Indian Premier League franchise Sunrisers Hyderabad.

I haven't received any money from Mumbai Indians: Sachin Tendulkar

Sachin Tendulkar has been an integral part of Mumbai Indians, ever since the inception of IPL.

22 Dec 2018

Test Cricket

Dravid picks this as greatest Indian innings ever played

Legend Rahul Dravid has had his say on the greatest Indian innings ever played by an individual.

22 Dec 2018

India

CAC wanted Kumble to continue as coach, says Laxman

The BCCI-appointed Cricket Advisory Committee (CAC) wanted former Indian Test skipper Anil Kumble to continue as the head coach of India in 2017.

08 Dec 2018

Virat Kohli

'Australia would have been vilified if they celebrated like Kohli'

Australian cricket team coach Justin Langer has questioned the double-standard in cricket when it comes to sledging.

03 Nov 2018

Hyderabad

VVS Laxman unveils cover of autobiography titled '281 And Beyond'

Veteran cricketer VVS Laxman, in association with Star Sports, has launched the cover of his much-awaited autobiography, "281 and Beyond", via Facebook live stream.

28 Oct 2018

India

Ex-cricketer VVS Laxman is now a blood stem cell donor

Former cricketer VVS Laxman Sunday registered himself as a donor for blood stem cells and said everyone should become a donor to save thousands of people suffering from blood cancer.

31 Aug 2018

India

Happy birthday Javagal Srinath: All about the ace pacer

Former Indian fast bowler Javagal Srinath turned 49 today.

25 Jul 2018

BCCI

BCCI finalized the domestic calendar without consent of Technical Committee

The BCCI is supposed to keep the Technical Committee in the loop while finalizing the domestic cricket schedule.

Here's the complete list of commentators for IPL 11

The 11th edition of the Indian Premier League is all set to kick off on Saturday, with Mumbai Indians hosting MS Dhoni's returning Chennai Super Kings.

02 Mar 2018

India

#CricketInNumbers: Batting records held by bowlers

There have been a number of times when the whole batting line-up has failed to score but the bowlers have stepped up to the situation to take the team out of trouble.

MS Dhoni's retirement talks, who is saying what?

After his recent spate of performances against New Zealand in the three-match-T20I series, many have called for MS Dhoni's retirement from T20I cricket.

24 Jun 2017

India

These top cricketers never played in a World Cup!

Over the years, we have seen many cricketers make a number of records.