Laxman likely to quit international cricket after Australia series - Cricket News Update
The veteran Test batsman of India, VVS Laxman is likely to bid farewell to international cricket following the ongoing shambolic tour of Australia, local media claimed on Sunday.
The http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 in the ongoing four-match Test series at Perth on Sunday, as the hosts took an invincible 3-0 lead in the series.
The star studded batting line up of the tourists has been exposed by the callow Australia attack being led by http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 also failed to perform, despite having an impressive batting record down under, and there
have been growing calls for his exclusion in favour of young http://www.senore.com/Cricket/RG-Sharma-c2309, who is yet to debut in Test cricket.
The Test veteran has scored only one half century in the past six innings of the ongoing tour down under. He opened up with a 2 in the first innings of Boxing Day Test at Melbourne last month which was followed by 1 and 2 in the next two innings.
Laxman’s only notable performance in the ongoing itinerary was the half century he had scored in the second innings of Sydney Test, which http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 lost by an innings and 68 runs. In the recently concluded Perth Test, which the tourists lost by an innings and
37 runs, Laxman scored 31 runs in the first innings before falling down for a sweet duck in the second innings.
An Indian newspaper claimed on Sunday that the 37-year-old http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andhra-c764 Pradesh top-order batsman is under BCCI selectors’ scrutiny and would be axed by them if he did not retire.
"Laxman will retire at the end of the ongoing test series in Australia," a BCCI official told the newspaper on the condition of anonymity. "He is 37 and India's next test series is still at least six months away. Plus his form has dropped significantly and
his fitness, especially a troublesome back, is hampering him," he added further.
The report further claimed that the veteran of 133 Tests is unlikely to get another chance in the ongoing Australia tour as selectors are mulling over replacing him with a youngster to avoid a successive 4-0 whitewash abroad.
"We need to plan for the future after the poor show in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 and now in Australia. Youngsters need to be given a long run now,” said another BCCI official.
"Laxman has been one of our finest batsmen but he has run out of time as he has failed to make it count against Australia, a team he has dominated at his best," he added further.
The final Test of the series begins at the Adelaide Oval on January 24.
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