The joy of giving, VVS style
In the Hindustan Times , Anand Vasu pays tribute to VVS Laxman after his match-winning knock in the nail-biter against Australia
Siddhartha Talya
25-Feb-2013
In the Hindustan Times, Anand Vasu pays tribute to VVS Laxman after his match-winning knock in the nail-biter against Australia. Laxman, he says, may perhaps not match the stardom of some of his other team-mates but he commands the greatest respect from the best teams in the world.
The question that should be asked is not how much, but how. Who scores runs against the best team in the world, when the pressure is the greatest, and turns near-certain defeat into glorious victory? Laxman has come to India’s rescue with such regularity that on the eve of the final day, when Ricky Ponting sat down to eat dinner, it was Laxman who occupied his thoughts.
Siddhartha Talya is a senior sub-editor at ESPNcricinfo