Vvs Laxman  

Batting legend Sachin Tendulkar led the tributes for former India captain MS Dhoni who announced his retirement from international cricket on Saturday (August 15). Tendulkar, Sourav Ganguly, Virat Kohli, Virender Sehwag, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman, Gautam Gambhir and several other former and present cricketers took to Twitter to pay tributes to Dhoni. Read who said what on Dhoni's retirement.
 

'He (Rohit Sharma) became a leader in the Deccan Chargers team. When he came in the first year, he was a youngster who just played the T20 World Cup, made his international debut for India,' VVS Laxman said

PM Narendra Modi recalled the heroics of VVS Laxman and Rahul Dravid from the historic Kolkata Test in 2001. Modi motivated students during the Pariksha Pe Charcha 2020 event in New Delhi. Modi also spoke about Anil Kumble bowling with a broken jaw in 2002

Trailing 0-1 and being in a do-or-die situation, India will have to be at their best against Australia in the 2nd ODI in Rajkot. Here is VVS Laxman's advice to Virat Kohli ahead of the must-win game

29-year-old tea seller from Kanpur spends 80% of his earnings on educating underprivileged children, catches former cricketer VVS Laxman's eyes.  
 

'I feel the series will be 2-1 in favour of India. Also with the form Rohit (Sharma) and KL Rahul are in right now, with (Shikhar) Dhawan looking at establishing himself, I am backing the Indian batting power to win the series,' VVS Laxman said

'He (Mayank Agarwal) is a solid batsman and has approached this game like a domestic cricket match. Players usually change the way they play in domestic and international cricket, but he managed to maintain his style in both forms of cricket. Mental toughness and stability are his strengths and he plays fearlessly just like his favourite, Virender Sehwag,' VVS Laxman said

From Tendulkar to Shane Warne, condolences poured in as the cricket fraternity mourned the loss of Pakistan spin legend Abdul Qadir
 

'I would like to bring to your kind notice that I would like to come out of retirement and play cricket in all formats,' Ambati Rayudu wrote to HCA on Thursday

Hardik Pandya and Dinesh Karthik were sent ahead of MS Dhoni after India were reduced to 5/3 and then 24/4 in their World Cup 2019 semi-final against New Zealand

Aakash Chopra said, 'Hindi is an evolving medium at the broadcasting level, and therefore, allows you to set new templates.' 
 

Wasim Jaffer has the fifth most runs in first-class cricket history in India behind Sunil Gavaskar (25,834), Sachin Tendulkar (25,396), Rahul Dravid (23,794) and VVS Laxman (19,730)

'To be honest, I was not in the greatest of form leading into that particular innings (at Eden Gardens). By the time I went into bat (at No 6), VVS Laxman was batting at 90-odd. I was not playing well in that series and watching him play gave me a lot of confidence. It was a magical day. I am truly grateful and blessed to have had that opportunity and to have experienced that, with someone who I knew when I was kid, to have experienced with him, as a friend, in a lot of ways it (281) defines us,' Rahul Dravid said

'The toughest series without any doubt was in 1999 when we went to Australia and they had a great side. In a team of 11, you had literally seven to eight match winners and the rest were also very good. That was a team which dominated world cricket for a number of years. They had their own style of playing, very aggressive,' Sachin Tendulkar had said on India's tour to Australia in 1999-2000