5 instances when VVS Laxman proved to be India’s disaster management specialist

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - JANUARY 06: VVS Laxman of India ducks under a short ball during day four of the Second Test Match between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground on January 6, 2012 in Sydney, Australia.  (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
Laxman has time and again dragged India out of trouble

#5 Australia vs India, Brisbane, 2004

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Laxman’s career’s best knocks have been against the Australians. Be it in Tests or ODIs, Laxman became Australia’s nemesis. There is no player till date that has been able to disappoint the Kangaroos as much as Laxman has done.

Apart from Tests, he has his finest ODI numbers against the same opposition; out of six ODI hundreds, four were against the Aussies.

It was the fifth match of the VB Series 2004 that also included Zimbabwe. Laxman was forced to come out to bat just after seven overs following Ganguly’s early dismissal. He then shared 100+ partnerships with Tendulkar and Dravid and remained unbeaten on 103, taking India past 300. India ended up winning the match by 19 runs.

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