VVS Laxman announces retirement from international cricket

Mangalore Today News Network

Hyderabad,August 18,2012:Indian cricketer Vangipurappu Venkata Sai Laxman`s 16-year Test journey came to an end after the Hyderabadi cricketer announced his retirement with immediate effect on Saturday.

"I feel it is the right time to move on. It is the right time to give the opportunity for youngsters at home. It has been an emotional and memorable journey for me," he said at a press conference after announcing his retirement.

Laxman was underfire following below par performances in India’s tour of England and Australia recently. Out of 134 Test matches he played, Laxman has scored 8781 runs.

Laxman got his first Test half-century (51) in the second innings of his debut match against the South Africans in 1996. However, it took him another 29 innings before he got his first Test hundred - a remarkable 167 against Australia in the Sydney Test.

Since then Laxman has gone on to get 16 more hundreds while notching up a total of 56 half-centuries, with his highest being the monumental 281 against Australia in Kolkata.

Courtesy : Zee News