Biography-(V.V.S.) Laxman

Vangipurappu Vekata Sai (V.V.S.) Laxman is an excellent right-handed batsman and spin bowler of India. He was born in Hyderabad in 1974. He has showed his best skill against Australia both in test and one-day cricket matches for a maximum number of times.

Laxman started his test career in 1996 against South Africa at Ahmedabad. Since 1997, he had to alter his batting position. Now he plays as the opener for India.

In January 2000, he was in his team during the Australia tour. In that tour, he scored 167 runs. He found that his position was not suitable for him as the opener. For this reason, he gave up the international cricket and started to play domestic cricket again. After about one year, he returned again to the international team.

He has played a total 116 test and 86 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 281 and 131 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has 16 test centuries and 6 one-day centuries. In test, his total run is 7695. For one-day, it is 2338. He also played 22 Tewnty20 matches where his highest score is unbeaten 78 runs.

It is amusing that he started his one-day cricket career with a duck (scoring as zero) in a match against Zimbabwe in 1998, and also finished that career with a duck in a match against S. Africa in 2006.

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Biography-Yuvraj Singh

Yuvraj Singh is an asset for Indian cricket team. He was born at Chandigarh of India in 1981. He served his team as the vice-captain since 2007 to 2008. He is famous for scoring 6 sixes in one over in the bowling of Stuart Broad in a Twenty20 match against the team of England in 2007.

He started his one-day cricket career in a match against Kenya at Nairobi in the year of 2000. In that match, he got no chance to bat and gave away 16 runs getting no wicket. But in the next one-day match, he scored 84 runs from 80 balls. He began the test career with a match against New Zealand in 2003 at Mohali. In that match, he scored 25 runs only.

Yuvraj Singh is considered better as a batsman facing the spin bowlers in comparison with the fast bowlers. He is one of the most efficient Indian fielders. He made a maximum number of run-outs in one-day matches from the year of 1999 to the year of 2005.

He has played a total 34 test and 255 one-day matches in his career. His highest scores are 169 and 139 in the test and one-day matches respectively. He has 3 test centuries and 12 one-day centuries. In test, his total run is 1639. For one-day, it is 7478. He also played 78 Tewnty20 matches where his highest score is 71 runs.

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