http://www.senore.com/Cricket/VVS-Laxman-c2772 rubbishes imminent retirement talks - Cricket News Update
The beleaguered Indian batsman, VVS Laxman, on Thursday rubbished talks of quitting international cricket following his poor performance with the bat in the ongoing four-match Test series against Australia, which his side trails by 0-3 with the fourth and
final Test starting at Adelaide Oval next week.
Speaking to media reporters after a one-on-one practice session with head coach http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Duncan-Andrew-Gwynne-Fletcher-c54742 on Thursday morning, the 37-year-old Test veteran said that the reports claiming his imminent retirement were untrue.
"When Laxman was approached by an Indian television journalist after the session, the 37-year-old insisted reports of his impending retirement were untrue," a report in an Australian daily said.
The formidable Indian batting line up, barring http://www.senore.com/Cricket/SR-Tendulkar-c2556, miserably collapsed against the new look Australian attack in the ongoing four-match Test series down under, losing all the three five-dayers played so far. But the only batsman in the Indian
camp facing maximum criticism is Laxman, as there have been growing calls from pundits and former cricketers for his exclusion to inject some fresh blood in the side.
The right-handed top-order batsman, who has been struggling with the bat in the ongoing Australia tour, was equally abysmal in India’s disastrous tour of http://www.senore.com/Cricket/England-c56013 six months ago as he could amass a tally of just 182 runs from eight innings at an average of
22.75.
In the ongoing tour down under, he has scored just 102 runs in the past three Test at a paltry average of 17. His series of failures with the bat have prompted reports that the http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Andhra-c764 Pradesh batsman would be the first of India’s ageing stars to quit, perhaps
even before the fourth Test against http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Australia-c746 commencing on January 24.
Indian players have defended their embattled teammate saying that the whole Indian batting line up has failed in the ongoing series so it is unfair to criticise only Laxman.
Though the Indian team has thrown its weight behind the prolific top order Test batsman, it seems next week’s Adelaide Test would be Laxman’s final appearance on the Test arena as Dhoni’s men will not play a Test series in the next six months.
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