Vangipurapu Venkata Sai Laxman, better known as VVS Laxman is one of the greatest cricketers ever in the history of Indian cricket. The right-hand batsman was renowned for his elegant stroke play and is still a reference point for many middle-order batsmen in world cricket. He is one of the few cricketers in India, who has received the prestigious Padma Shri Award for his incredible contribution to Indian cricket.
VVS Laxman’s cricket career: Innings and runs
For the unversed, VVS Laxman played 134 Test matches and scored a total of 8781 runs and in just 86 ODIs, he managed to hit 2338 runs. The former cricketer also had a brief stint in the IPL (Indian Premier League), where he scored 282 runs in just 20 matches. There’s no denying the fact that there are plenty of cricketers who have far better numbers than VVS Laxman. But the reason why these statistics are still legendary goes to the fact that most of the runs that Laxman scored were against teams who were ruling the world cricket back in that time.
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