http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 delighted with his century at Eden Gardens – Cricket News Update
Eden Gardens is certainly a lucky venue for the veteran Indian batsman, VVS Laxman, who smashed his fifth ton in his 10 Test at Kolkata, on Tuesday, November 15, 2011.
With an unbeaten 176-run knock, Laxman hauled India to 631 for seven before http://www.senore.com/Cricket/West-Indies-c760.
The 37-year-old batsman played an anchor role in the innings and made things problematic for the opposition by sharing a 140 and a 224-run partnership with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/R-Dravid-c2229 and Dhoni respectively.
After the end of second day’s play, Laxman expressed joy over hitting a magnificent ton, and called it a great relief after suffering a poor run on the recent tour to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013.
"The last hundred I got was against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Sri-Lanka-c758 in the last Test match at P Sara Oval where the team was under tremendous pressure. After that, I have played knocks in pressure situations. Luckily, in this Test match, Sehwag and Gautam gave us a good start,
and http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Chinnadupargea-Sachin-c50607 had a good partnership,” said Laxman who slapped his 17th hundred in the Test cricket.
Talking about his superb stats at Kolkata, the experienced middle-order batsman stated that he loves batting at the historic Eden Gardens stadium – one of the biggest in http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750.
Laxman was in no hurry during his stay at the crease, as he started off his innings cautiously and after getting his eye in, he began hitting the ball at will all around the wicket.
When asked what was going on in his mind when he walked out into the middle, the Hyderabad-born batting great revealed, “It was also important to get a big score in the first innings especially seeing the nature of the wicket. Even though I had some valuable
50s under my belt, it is always satisfying to get a hundred."
Meanwhile, he lauded Dhoni for batting tremendously on the second day. Pointing out the humorous side of his skipper’s unorthodox batting technique, Laxman uttered that he was amused to see that even miss-hits by MS Dhoni were going out of the park.
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