A Very VERY Special Knock by VVS! *281*

[@abhisaxena7410]

Playing an on drive against a leg spinner is probably the toughest shot in the game especially when that leg spinner is Shane Warne and you are battling hard to save the test and the series. This was one innings which still gives me goosebumps. Very seldom we get to see batting of such highest quality. Once Warne decided to put a man to stop the on drive going for a boundary, VVS decided to go inside out, over covers and hit him for another boundary...that was batsmanship of the highest order. Thank you VVS for the lovely memories.

[@purushswaminathan5693]

Nobody outplayed Warne as VVS did in this inning. Same ball flicked thru mid wicket and driven thru covers. Pure class!

[@MrBhargavafirst]

@@purushswaminathan5693 agreed

[@sugs1191]

Lara, Sidhu, have done so more so

[@hrtummala]

Never seen Warne bowling defensive as he did in this match

[@amitjefferson]

This inning changed Indian Cricket forever !!

[@sandeepyadav-qi4jm]

This is very very special innings because playing against warne and mc grath is not at all easy great knock.

[@vijayramanan6327]

Yes

[@subramanyamraju9738]

World cricket also... from this match captains were afraid of giving follow on

[@divyanshupreti3434]

Absolutely

[@samratchoudhury7320]

Laxman is so boring batsman..that we used to change the channel when he used to bat. Shoaib Akhtar showed him that defence is mere time pass by knocking his stumps 3 times..

[@vaibhavkadbhane5032]

Still watching in 2019.. That inning turned so many people to follow test cricket seriously

[@mallikarjunagovindugari5928]

THIS IS ALL TIME BEST TEST INNINGS how many agree with me

[@praveensgads8995]

S

[@hirakgoswami6642]

Mallikarjuna Govindugari Undoubtedly

[@mrityunjoykoley4321]

Undoubtedly as it is indescrbably elegant plus match winning innings unlike those marathon innings that only resulted in draw .

[@sugs1191]

Probably but Lara played 2 innings which could challenge also against Australia

[@kamalchauhan5470]

Undoubtedly i watched this match live i was so emotional........❤️❤️

[@cnu2767]

Greatest Test Knock of The Century, Declared by ICC.

[@hrb9877]

link

[@rameshchinnasamy9135]

Without doubt.... That too after follow on... Amazing innings....

[@anindyamitra2269]

Under the circumstances it was played, this was probably the greatest innings played by any batsman, let alone any Indian batsman. Absolutely unbelievable. Very, very special indeed.

[@anindyamitra2269]

And an invaluable innings by Dravid too!

[@anindyamitra2269]

Greatest test innings I meant.

[@sughade1984]

Class, Superb, fantastic, lazy elegance, not getting words to comprehend my feelings for this elite class batsman..

[@prabhatpatnaik6275]

Golden era of test cricket . Full stadiums and roaring commentary by Tony Grieg .

[@joebloggs495]

He was the best out of the fab 4 in my opinion ( Sachin, Ganguly, Dravid, Laxman). Thumbs up if you concur.

[@dr.rajgopaly2022]

True. Only 17 test centuries from 134 matches but all high quality match winning or saving knocks. His batting position was always changed and playing with tail-enders and producing great knocks is highly commendable.

[@hirakgoswami6642]

Simply the best innings I have ever seen. And I was very lucky to watch this gem at Eden Garden.

[@altafnazir]

this innings changed history of cricket. invincible Aus dusted from the sky.

[@samratchoudhury7320]

Hahahaha

[@OurBelovedIndia]

We can not enjoy watching this splendid innings with out that awesome commentary ...Thanks to VVS for his batting and thanks to commentators for their commentary...

[@hirakgoswami6642]

Our Beloved India Tony Greig and Ian Chappel.

[@kranthikumar9807]

Australia's nightmare..vvs👌👌

[@tannerusiva9781]

I like Dravid ,Laxman & Kumble ....These 3 fulfill the title cricket is gentle man game....

[@sivakumarbala2413]

They are Indians bcoz they were from south India so gentleness comes from down south...

[@sivakumarbala2413]

@@anuraagdekaviolin5856 ahah north Indian wala spotted...

[@sivakumarbala2413]

@@chaudharyshubhambaliyan4613 another north Indian spotted .

[@AdityaSharma-nn9fx]

Very very special from Laxman...makes every Indian proud!

[@chandrakantbokade4611]

When India required test match winning innings that time Sehvag, VVS and Rahul Dravid one of them playing super innings and win the matches for India, this was a great innings by VVS and equally good support by Rahul Dravid.

[@shaikrahim22]

I was in school and now am 37 years.. oh boy this is one of the best innings I have ever witnessed and not lesser than Sachin innings in Sharjah against Australia or Kohli innings against srilanka in Australia

[@Ashish-G-]

Wow..Full packed eden garden for test match back then. Now days all venues for test matches are almost empty How time changes ??and t20 cricket is affecting the popularity of test cricket. In england totally opposite situation, people do watch test matches with passion and attends the stadium for test matches even on working days. #Irony I enjoy test cricket more than t20 & odi cricket... This was gem of innning from VVS Laxman.👌🙌

[@richayadav915]

A classic knock by a high class player one of the best innings in test cricket.

[@sureshsiva8951]

Vvs just kisses the ball with his bat& it speeds to the fence.Artist.

[@vivektripathi5878]

I was in the ground that day. We kolkatan crowds were mad about cricket then. The way laxman & Dravid had turned the game from follow on to victory was unbelievable. We were only crazily shouting in the crowd at every run 🤣

[@kkb3091]

Laxman used to play in a different level altogether whenever India fell into a critical situation during a test match. I liked this aspect of him very much.

[@mihirdesai6988]

Test match looks way more interesting than any crunch T20 when Tony Greig is in the commentary box. Thank you Tony Greig for amazing childhood memories !

[@mdadil3745]

One of the finest timer of the ball. Wristy and classic. 2nd wall of Indian cricket

[@samarth79]

From trail by 15 at 4 wickets down to lead by 300 at 4 wickets down. One of the Greatest Partnerships and knocks by laxman and dravid despite being injured/ill

[@Vivek3087]

This guy possessed some serious talent...

[@mrityunjoykoley4321]

D best test innings of all times. Unfortunate that people praise other marathon innings by other legends that brought no result in d matches but forget such a great gem by Laxman.

[@paiaullasantosh6038]

No sachin no Kohli when it comes to legside play ..it's only VVS.

[@Bujuvaidya912]

No man,its Muhammad azharuddin

[@BruceWayne-xj1rb]

No guys every left handed player can dominant in legside

[@samratchoudhury7320]

Vvs cant play one day cricket 🏏 he is useless time wast for 5 days

[@Shiva_The_King_007]

The Greatest Test Innings Ever ❤️

[@kashfsohail6565]

love from pakistan .we admire lots of undian but luxman is my personal favourite.especially his on drives.

[@Indiafirst07]

Kashf Sohail thnx to u kafir Sohail from piggistan

[@sirisha96pragada30]

wel bro

[@ashalibrahim2362]

@@Indiafirst07 he might have typed indian as undian by mistake as u and I only the keyboard are very close to each other

[@lonestar6709]

The greatest innings ever by an Indian. And after Len Hutton's 364 and Garry Sobers' 254, probably the greatest innings ever in Cricket.

[@bhaaratmaatazindabad7793]

One lakh people roared at Eden Garden and the entire nation was watching this great partnership with unbelievable eyes... Even the policemen guarding the crowd & stadium were cheering, jumping and celebrating by forgetting their duty and it was such a game to remember forever.

[@rohan08rocks92]

Never ever forget this partnership VVS and The Wall

[@rakeshmohan7636]

One of the Greatest Innings And Partnership in Cricket History

[@philanthropic100]

what a legendary knock...wat a unforgettable match... rise of a Very Very Special player and the turbanator... 👏👏👏👏

[@lottirajudev6771]

Indians never forget these partnership between two legendary batsmans. That is olden era of Indian test cricket team under Ganguly captaincy.

[@shrikantprabhu5273]

One of the finest and velvet class batman in the world What a player

[@ruhulruy9121]

Mr Class both on and off the field. A Superb Gentleman.

[@agr7879]

The greatest innings of all time. Lovely to watch

[@tauseefsiddiqui8878]

You will never see hayden bowl again

[@evilplaya6350]

I was thinking is that hayden who is bowling.... lol.. thanks for the comment...

[@kthiyaku6894]

i too

[@raghusunkara7077]

Test cricket before this after this . a new era started.

[@TheIkaraCult]

The coolest name in the history of Sport. and also a legend

[@lsridevi4594]

VVS flies like butterfly stings like a bee

[@ramkumarch1]

This march was declared as greatest innings of all time

[@enugandlaraju5032]

India test cricket history marchina innings

[@DpKris]

The Wall and the Stylish...what a deadly combo

[@saidabegum5957]

Elegant. The best Indian batsman in test cricket. We miss u sir Laxman

[@imotep2614]

Greatest innings of all time.

[@magicofmathematics2983]

Superb....elegant....ultra classic....and the first shot by him 😍😍😍

[@rajenshah4054]

Undoubtedly, the greatest inning played by an Indian batsman in Indian cricketing history.

[@hemalnaik7909]

He showed the world what is test cricket and what called best batting in the test cricket. We are prasing Rohit sharma and other cricketers for t20 and odi but they have to learn from this man what is batting is all about. Greatest knock of cricket I will say.

[@sanjayd411]

Very very stylish....very very solid.....and very very special Laxman.👌👍👍👍👍🙏

[@arindammaity8497]

Timeless cricket shots displaying classic timing

[@rgfitness6425]

Vada sambhar shots by a nerdy southie 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@shivamgoswami8707]

the greatest inning in indian cricketing history

[@shaileshubhrani8175]

Anything he touched became gold. **VVS***

[@dr.rajgopaly2022]

Silken strokes

[@bhaskarkotian1135]

One of the toughest survival match in test cricket especially against Australia very solid bowling unit

[@gopalkumarmishra9914]

This is one of the finest inning of test cricket....

[@h.balajirao9981]

This walk by VVS from pavilion to the pitch changed the Indian cricket forever

[@indianidealwinnerideal9961]

Historical 🇮🇳🌍 Match, Bharat🇮🇳💪 k Shurvir Ballebaz 🏏ki Anokhi Dastan Jay🇮🇳 Hind

[@venkataharibabukoduri3671]

The ease with which he played cover drives is amazing

[@kausik1139]

FANTASTIC BATTING BY VVS A SILKEN GRACE.HIS BATS WITH SILKEN SMOOTHNESS REMIDED ME OF AJIT WADEKER.VERY PROUD TO BE A HYDERABADI

[@abkhattak2035]

VVS is my favourite batsman, love from Pakistan

[@ajinase]

Great man ...in test cricket history

[@ashes3800]

Laxman is a stylish player. People like Laxman, David Gower, Azhar, Carl Hooper, Mark Waugh etc are unique. They may not be the greatest, but people would be willing to travel to watch them play.

[@ChandruChandru-wv4ow]

Very Valuable Special. LAXMAN 💖

[@Sandeepkumar2222-of4bf]

As an Indian cricket fan , this is the greatest innings by an Indian player ever along with Kapil Dev 's 175 against Zimbabwe in 1983 World Cup.

[@hafizmuhammadahteshamqures4710]

What an innings.. What a player

[@mizofan]

Picked by Ian Chappell among the top 11 innings- best playing of spin bowling he'd seen

[@humungous09]

Well n truly remarkable! A great innings that changed the way cricket is played. Teams have often been afraid to enforce follow-on..

[@ramshad4544]

Brilliant Batsmen ever in the History of World Criket.....VVS LAXMAN

[@prasanthpentakota62]

Will remember this for all the days that follow today

[@smj9553]

LOL Amazing footwork 😍

[@karthikbs9482]

Greatest knock of all time

[@krunaljani6936]

Very vvery special innings by laxman.Australia was very mighty team at that time.Well supported by The wall Rahul dravid

[@ranadheerreddy6477]

One of the great innings in test cricket history

[@Mishtiman]

Indian batting the BEST in the world really! Such touch players like VVS, Rohit, Azhar, Saurav. Apart from the master technicians like Tendulkar, Dravid, Sunny, Jimmy. Treat to watch them. India on top now with SA!

[@sumitjhanjhariya7316]

Look at the crowd in those days love for cricket in people higher than today's T20 matches

[@balaramrao1644]

VVS shot selection is very excellent. The ball will stop itself once it reaches boundary line. It's very rare fielder's stopped it..Not only in this knock other 100s also

[@dhonthaganimahesh105]

Great innings in India cricket history

[@sauravdey8946]

VVS deserved a biopic just based on this innings.

[@sibghatmansoor5125]

How can u play on drive against warne laxman sir.ur great.

[@samueljoseph6338]

That's vvs

[@rakeysharya7387]

undoubtedly best ever performance by an Indian

[@hemanththiruvengadam7696]

What a knock against bowling line up shane warne, McGrath...

[@chandrasekarrambabu6536]

Indian cricket wont see an innings like that ever again....

[@musiccrazyd1]

Miracles happen...this was one

[@kunalmergu3811]

The beginning of new era in Indian Cricket🏏...

[@vijaykumar-mz1fd]

Great cricketer.great innings..

[@salmanrasheed4366]

Muhammed once in an interview named Rahul and Laxman highly skillful and technical batsmen and now I can why he said so. Laxman is highly underrated batsman. Until this day, I haven't seen any batsmen like him.

[@bhaaratmaatazindabad7793]

Considering the situation, this is the greatest Test innings of all time & the greatest partnership in Test Cricket history. Just a fall of one wicket, India would have lost the match easily & lost the series..... This partnership didn't just win the match, but It helped India to save the Series by leveling at 1-1 & finally winning the Chennai Test & clinch the series 2-1...!!!!! Unbelievable.... It was a peak summer of 2001 & VVS-Rahul Dravid batted for One & half days under hot sun without giving their wickets against the tough bowling attack of McGrath, Gillespie, Warne, Kasprowicz etc.... One lakh people roared at Eden Garden and the entire nation was watching this great partnership with unbelievable eyes... Even the policemen guarding the crowd & stadium were cheering, jumping and celebrating by forgetting their duty and it was such a game to remember forever.

[@user-xg4td3gg7e]

Still greatest Test innings played by an Indian. 👍

[@abhi16003]

god level innings....no other inning played by any other indian batsman can match this at any era

[@Kovaijaykalakkal]

Very very special Laxman. No doubt

[@VinayKumar-db4qz]

Pure class.

[@vishalkadam5996]

Commentary is cherry on top for this inning

[@kunalpatil4016]

I was in 7th standard.. That time.. And final exams were going on.. Matches I think we're in March.. I used to hear Commentry on radio.. Coz cable or T. V. Wire used to disconnect for studies.. I still remember radio Commentry .. Those were days

[@samueljoseph6338]

Those were the golden days bro

[@partharoy4599]

Unsung Hero of Indian cricket. Always kept a low profile. Limelight was only on Sachin,Dravid,Sourav

[@rgfitness6425]

Vada sambhar shots by a nerdy southie 🤮🤮🤮🤮

[@illurimanohar3751]

Number one most most most most elegant player in the world now than for ever....love you layman anna

[@nagaamarnath7752]

This is the starting phase of Indian cricket in being the world Champions

[@valvinandlal3698]

Last 50 years best inning in test cricket

[@shubhranshubasistha9002]

Leonardo Da Vinci of Indian Cricket...Salute..