Start Of A New Era In Indian Cricket

So  Pujara is 'Dravid', Kohli is 'Laxman' and Raina is 'Ganguly'. But what joy that Tendulkar is still 'Tendulkar' !! The maestro is  the only statesmen left from those  fab four and is getting younger with each passing year so we actually donot need any youngster to take his position !!!!

We all were very concerned about the replacement of Dravid , Laxman and Ganguly ,here is the first set of probable replacement for them . Actually we should not call them as replacement because it will be a stupidity if any one even try to attempt to do that because they were experts in their work and their each heroic has a statutory warning that –“These stunts are performed by an expert, Dont try them yourself “..!! The youngsters should try to play to their potential and try to give their best in the roles assigned to them .

With the bowling department already going through same phase ,with only  Zaheer Khan left as an experienced campaigner ,these two match test series with New Zealand is the real test of all the youngsters because it just doesn’t get better to prove your potential  against a considerably inexperienced team that too at the home soil . The presence of Tendulkar and Zaheer is certainly a moral booster for youngsters as they just can not get any o ne better to guide them and work with their weak points . The real test of these youngsters will be against England and Australia later this season which will surly give them confidence to perform well in the overseas series . Well, we have no options left and its good t hat youngsters have enough time to get some test experience that too on home grounds by playing against both weaker and  stronger teams .

    

Very Very Special Laxman

If test cricket is real cricket than he is a classy willow wielder of this format , if  cricket is the game of building partnerships than he is a master at it , if you consider Australia a dominant force in world cricket than he is the one who dominate them !!!!! A perfect middle order batsman with seemingly soft exterior and steel in his  bones. At troubled times this graceful right-hander absorbed pressure in the middle order who have the potential to bat even with the number eleven batsman and altered the scripts of the matches, he is Very Very Special Laxman who did so with timing and elegance, finding the gaps with a surgeon's precision with his  stylish wristy flicks.

When things are not going in teams favor and batsman are having a pavilion bound procession his best comes out. VVS Laxman has the special ability to perform under pressure, in fact his best comes under such situation thats why he is known as “God of fourth innings”.

 He has played many match winning innings for India and turned the result of match on his own . Laxman's 16 year long career is full of many match winning innings among which the one magical match winning of 281   against Australia when India was playing a follow on ranks  6^th      among the Wisden’s 100 best test inning, which is still a best test match innings by an Indian. In fact he had magnificent 1,236 runs in 15 tests against Australia which includes the  gem of the innings of -200 not out (Delhi) , 178 (Sydney),167(Sydney) , 73 not out (Mohali) .

VVS Laxman along with Rahul Dravid were considered the pillar of Indian batting line up in test cricket and together they have saved many test matches for India .With Rahul Dravid already hanged his boot , the decision of Laxman to call it a day is really a great set back for Team India . Test cricket would never be same without these two great legends .They were the ones whom every bowler feared of, they use to play with team first attitude and their retirements are also for the betterment of the team.

It is being rightly said that "Great men are remembered for what they did when they were alive, not for how they died ".Thank you for all the memories VVS , you were a wizard among muggles .Cricket World will mourn, Aussie cricket will celebrate !!!!