V V S LAXMAN'S RETIREMENT SPEECH

Can anyone replace VVS Laxman’s place in team in spam of short period?

According to some great players VVS is a class act, he won so many Matches when INDIA was nowere in that match. For example the match he turned when India have got a Following on against Australia in (2000-2001)in Eden Gardens  he scored a massive run 281 and India have Won the  match. He was the MAN OF THE MATCH..

      

When u see this Scoreboard u will come to know how Laxman have taken the game from Australia.

Australia  (1st Innings)		R	BF	4	6	SR
M J Slater	c Mongia b Zaheer Khan	42	99	7	1	42.42
M L Hayden	c sub b Harbhajan Singh	97	157	14	3	61.78
J L Langer	c Mongia b Zaheer Khan	58	91	9	1	63.74
M E Waugh	c Mongia b Harbhajan Singh	22	31	4	0	70.97
S R Waugh (c)	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	110	203	11	1	54.19
R T Ponting	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	6	12	1	0	50.00
A C Gilchrist (k)	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	0	0	0.00
S K Warne	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	0	1	0	0	0.00
M S Kasprowicz	lbw b Ganguly	7	28	1	0	25.00
J N Gillespie	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	46	147	8	0	31.29
G D McGrath	not out	21	28	2	0	75.00
Extras	(b 19, lb 10, nb 7)	36
Total	All Out	445
	131.5 overs @ 3.38 rpo
FoW	1-103   Slater        2-193   Hayden        3-214   Langer        4-236   M E Waugh        5-252   Ponting        6-252   Gilchrist        7-252   Warne        8-269   Kasprowicz        9-402   Gillespie        10-445   S R Waugh
Bowling O M R W ER Zaheer Khan 28 .4 6 89 2 3.10 B K Venkatesh Prasad 30 5 95 0 3.17 S C Ganguly 13 .2 3 44 1 3.30 S L Venkatapathy Raju 20 2 58 0 2.90 Harbhajan Singh 37 .5 7 123 7 3.25 S R Tendulkar 2 0 7 0 3.50
India  (1st Innings)		R	BF	4	6	SR
S S Das	c Gilchrist b McGrath	20	48	3	0	41.67
S Ramesh	c Ponting b Gillespie	0	3	0	0	0.00
R Dravid	b Warne	25	82	4	0	30.49
S R Tendulkar	lbw b McGrath	10	18	2	0	55.56
S C Ganguly (c)	c S R Waugh b Kasprowicz	23	51	4	0	45.10
V V S Laxman	c Hayden b Warne	59	83	12	0	71.08
N R Mongia (k)	c Gilchrist b Kasprowicz	2	4	0	0	50.00
Harbhajan Singh	c Ponting b Gillespie	4	15	1	0	26.67
Zaheer Khan	b McGrath	3	19	0	0	15.79
S L Venkatapathy Raju	lbw b McGrath	4	15	0	0	26.67
B K Venkatesh Prasad	not out	7	23	0	0	30.43
Extras	(lb 2, nb 12)	14
Total	All Out	171
	58.1 overs @ 2.94 rpo
FoW	1-0   Ramesh        2-34   Das        3-48   Tendulkar        4-88   Dravid        5-88   Ganguly        6-92   Mongia        7-97   Harbhajan Singh        8-113   Zaheer Khan        9-129   Venkatapathy Raju        10-171   Laxman
Bowling O M R W ER G D McGrath 14 8 18 4 1.29 J N Gillespie 11 0 47 2 4.27 M S Kasprowicz 13 2 39 2 3.00 S K Warne 20 .1 3 65 2 3.22
India  (2nd Innings)		R	BF	4	6	SR
S S Das	hit wicket b Gillespie	39	99	7	0	39.39
S Ramesh	c M E Waugh b Warne	30	43	6	0	69.77
V V S Laxman	c Ponting b McGrath	281	452	44	0	62.17
S R Tendulkar	c Gilchrist b Gillespie	10	23	2	0	43.48
S C Ganguly (c)	c Gilchrist b McGrath	48	81	8	0	59.26
R Dravid	run out	180	353	20	0	50.99
N R Mongia (k)	b McGrath	4	10	0	0	40.00
Zaheer Khan	not out	23	15	3	0	153.33
Harbhajan Singh	not out	8	6	1	0	133.33
S L Venkatapathy Raju
B K Venkatesh Prasad
Extras	(b 4, lb 14, w 2, nb 14)	34
Total	7 wickets declared	657
	178.0 overs @ 3.69 rpo
FoW	1-52   Ramesh        2-97   Das        3-115   Tendulkar        4-232   Ganguly        5-608   Laxman        6-624   Mongia        7-629   Dravid        8-           9-           10-
Bowling O M R W ER G D McGrath 39 12 103 3 2.64 J N Gillespie 31 6 115 2 3.71 S K Warne 34 3 152 1 4.47 M E Waugh 18 1 58 0 3.22 M S Kasprowicz 35 6 139 0 3.97 R T Ponting 12 1 41 0 3.42 M L Hayden 6 0 24 0 4.00 M J Slater 2 1 4 0 2.00 J L Langer 1 0 3 0 3.00
Australia  (2nd Innings)		R	BF	4	6	SR
M L Hayden	lbw b Tendulkar	67	118	6	0	56.78
M J Slater	c Ganguly b Harbhajan Singh	43	79	7	0	54.43
J L Langer	c Ramesh b Harbhajan Singh	28	21	3	2	133.33
M E Waugh	lbw b Venkatapathy Raju	0	10	0	0	0.00
S R Waugh (c)	c sub b Harbhajan Singh	24	58	4	0	41.38
R T Ponting	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	0	4	0	0	0.00
A C Gilchrist (k)	lbw b Tendulkar	0	1	0	0	0.00
J N Gillespie	c Das b Harbhajan Singh	6	38	1	0	15.79
S K Warne	lbw b Tendulkar	0	7	0	0	0.00
M S Kasprowicz	not out	13	56	2	0	23.21
G D McGrath	lbw b Harbhajan Singh	12	27	2	0	44.44
Extras	(b 6, nb 8)	14
Penalty Extras		5
Total	All Out	212
	68.3 overs @ 3.09 rpo
FoW	1-74   Slater        2-106   Langer        3-116   M E Waugh        4-166   S R Waugh        5-166   Ponting        6-167   Gilchrist        7-173   Hayden        8-174   Warne        9-191   Gillespie        10-212   McGrath
Bowling O M R W ER Zaheer Khan 8 4 30 0 3.75 B K Venkatesh Prasad 3 1 7 0 2.33 Harbhajan Singh 30 .3 8 73 6 2.39 S L Venkatapathy Raju 15 3 58 1 3.87 S R Tendulkar 11 3 31 3 2.82 S C Ganguly 1 0 2 0 2.00

This is just a single example of this great humanbeing..There are  manymore records that he created on his own.

A transcript of VVS Laxman's retirement speech made in Hyderabad on Saturday.

Thank you everyone for coming over here at such a short notice. I would like to announce my retirement from international cricket with immediate effect.

It has been 16 years since I made my international debut for India and I feel it is the right time to move on. I have always kept the country's success and needs ahead of my personal aspirations and hence, while I would have loved to be contributing to the team success against England and Australia later in the season, I think it's the right time to give the opportunity to groom a youngster in home conditions before the tough tours overseas next year.

As a youngster, representing India was a dream and I am grateful to the almighty for blessing me to live my dream. I have always felt that through cricket, I got an opportunity to serve my country and I therefore took a lot of pride in wearing the India cap. I was fortunate to play in an era when the Indian cricket team played some of its best cricket, both at home and abroad.

I was very lucky that I had a lot of people during this fabulous journey who guided and encouraged me and I take this opportunity to sincerely thank all of them from the bottom of my heart. My parents, Dr V Shantharam and Dr V Satyabhama, for the upbringing they gave me which helped me face various challenges and situations in my career with equanimity and also for giving me the freedom and independence to pursue my passion of playing cricket. My uncle, Baba Krishna Mohan, who actually spotted the talent in me and probably had the biggest influence on my life.

My wife, Sailaja, who has been a pillar of strength to me since our marriage in 2004. She made a lot of sacrifices in her personal aspirations only to make sure I pursued my passion of playing cricket for the country with a free mind. She has almost single-handedly looked after my two lovely kids, Sarvajit and Achinthya, as I was, most of the time, travelling with my cricket commitments.

My brother, VVS Ramakrishna, for all the love and affection he showered on me. My childhood buddies Rajesh and Parth for the continued friendship they share with me. My teachers at the Little Flower High School, especially Jaiprakash Sir, for all the encouragement they gave me early in my life.

My coaches at the St John's Cricket Foundation for the guidance and support they gave me. My personal coach Ashok bhai, for spending endless hours so that I can hone my skills. The Hyderabad Cricket Association, for recognising my talent and encouraging me, especially at the start of my career.

The BCCI for giving me an opportunity to play for my country for nearly 16 years. All my coaches at the various teams I represented at the domestic and national levels, for always encouraging and motivating me to become a consistent performer. All the selectors, for reposing faith in my abilities and giving me an opportunity to serve the country. All the captains I played under, for inspiring me.

All the teammates with whom I played and shared the best moments of my life. I was very fortunate to play with colleagues who took a lot of pride in theirs and the team's performances and most of them have become legends of the game. The affection, bonding and friendship they shared with me will be cherished by me for life. All the physios and trainers who worked hard to keep me fit.

All my friends from the media who always supported me during my career. All my fans and well-wishers from India and across the world for all the encouragement and good wishes they showered on me. I tried my best to give everything I had to the team while maintaining my dignity. There were times I am sure I must have disappointed them, but I can assure them it was definitely not because of a lack of effort.