Laxman's family looks forward to triple ton
Syed Amin Jafri in Hyderabad
Vangipurappu Laxman's feat of registering the highest Test score by an Indian batsman, in the ongoing second Test against Australia, at Calcutta, was no surprise to his family members. In fact, they are now looking forward to him scoring a triple century.
"I am very happy over his feat. That's all I can say for now. I am expecting him to score triple century tomorrow," was the spontaneous reaction of his mother, Dr (Mrs) V Satyabhama.
Satyabhama, a professor of radiology at the prestigious Niloufer hospital in Hyderabad, told rediff.com on Wednesday evening: "By God's grace and blessings of the elders, this time he could make it (create a record)."
Asked if she had expected such a superlative performance from her son, she replied, "Every
mother will be aiming high for her children."
Laxman's father, Dr V Shantaram, who is professor and head of the Department of Medicine in the well-known Nizam's Institute of Medical Sciences, was not available for comment. He was at the hospital and could not be reached over phone.
However, Laxman's elder brother, VVS Ramakrishna, was quite elated over his sibling's achievement.
"I am really thrilled with his performance and I hope he will score a triple hundred tomorrow and give India a big lead against Australia," he said.
To a query whether he had expected his only brother to break the record of Sunil Gavaskar, who had made 236 not out against the West Indies way back in 1983-84, Ramakrishna was emphatic: "He is definitely record-creating material. He is doing well on the domestic cricket. In international cricket, too, he has done extremely well and now achieved this success. I am really proud of him."
At close of play on the fourth day of the second Test, Laxman was batting on 275 in the company of Rahul Dravid, who was also unbeaten on 155, in India's second innings score of 589 for 4 wickets.
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