VVS Laxman
In-game rating: 92/99
BATTING
FIELDING
CAREER IN BRIEF
VVS Laxman played 134 Tests for India in CricArcade's archive, from 1996 to 2012. The first came against South Africa at Narendra Modi Stadium, with scores of 11 and 51, and the last against Australia at Adelaide Oval in 2012.
The most productive decade was the 2000s: 6,291 runs at 49.9 in 92 Tests. The highest score in the archive is 281 from 452 balls against Australia at Eden Gardens in 2001, in a match India won. In all: 17 hundreds, 56 fifties.
At home the average was 51.6 across 57 Tests; away it was 42.5 across 77 Tests, markedly stronger at home. The most runs came against Australia: 2,434 runs at 49.7 in 29 Tests. Eden Gardens was the most frequent ground, with 10 Tests and 1,217 runs at 110.6. The scorecards record 6 player-of-the-match awards. India won 47 of the Tests VVS Laxman played and lost 41, with 46 drawn.
The career totals above are the official figures; everything below is computed from the 134 Test scorecards in CricArcade's archive, each linked.
BEST INNINGS
| Runs | Balls | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 281 | 452 | Australia | Eden Gardens | 2001 | Won |
| 200* | 301 | Australia | Arun Jaitley Stadium | 2008 | Drawn |
| 178 | 298 | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2004 | Drawn |
| 176* | 280 | West Indies | Eden Gardens | 2011 | Won |
| 167 | 198 | Australia | Sydney Cricket Ground | 2000 | Lost |
BEST BOWLING
| Figures | Overs | Against | Ground | Year | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1/2 | 1 | Pakistan | Eden Gardens | 2007 | Drawn |
| 1/32 | 17 | West Indies | Antigua Recreation Ground | 2002 | Drawn |
RECORD BY OPPONENT
| Against | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 29 | 2,434 | 49.67 | 6/12 | 0 | – |
| West Indies | 22 | 1,715 | 57.17 | 4/11 | 1 | 81.00 |
| South Africa | 19 | 976 | 37.54 | 1/6 | 0 | – |
| England | 17 | 766 | 30.64 | 0/6 | 0 | – |
| Pakistan | 15 | 775 | 43.06 | 1/6 | 1 | 16.00 |
| Sri Lanka | 13 | 900 | 47.37 | 2/8 | 0 | – |
| New Zealand | 10 | 818 | 58.43 | 2/6 | 0 | – |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 280 | 40.00 | 1/0 | 0 | – |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 117 | 39.00 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
HOME, AWAY AND NEUTRAL
| Where | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 57 | 3,767 | 51.60 | 8/24 | 1 | 38.00 |
| Away | 77 | 5,014 | 42.49 | 9/32 | 1 | 88.00 |
BY DECADE
| Decade | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 16 | 626 | 24.08 | 0/5 | 0 | – |
| 2000s | 92 | 6,291 | 49.93 | 14/37 | 2 | 29.50 |
| 2010s | 26 | 1,864 | 47.79 | 3/14 | 0 | – |
GROUNDS
| Ground | Tests | Runs | Avg | 100/50 | Wkts | Bowl avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Gardens | 10 | 1,217 | 110.64 | 5/3 | 1 | 7.00 |
| Narendra Modi Stadium | 7 | 574 | 47.83 | 1/5 | 0 | – |
| MA Chidambaram Stadium | 7 | 276 | 27.60 | 0/2 | 0 | – |
| Arun Jaitley Stadium | 6 | 537 | 107.40 | 1/4 | 0 | – |
| 6 | 359 | 59.83 | 1/3 | 0 | – | |
| M Chinnaswamy Stadium | 6 | 212 | 26.50 | 0/1 | 0 | – |
FIRST AND LAST
- Debut: v South Africa, 1996 at Narendra Modi Stadium
- Latest in the archive: v Australia, 2012 at Adelaide Oval
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