Related to India’s former President S. Radhakrishnan, coming from a family of doctors and hence, obviously expected to follow in his parents’ footsteps, brilliant in academics and among the top scorers in the Andhra Pradesh board exams with 98 per cent in science stream and on the cusp of gaining entry into the medical field.
But there is a sudden twist in the tale and the gentleman in question ends up in a different field all together, goes on to represent the country and continues to be associated with the sport whose players are considered nothing short of demigods by the fans.
That in a nutshell are a few of the little-known nuggets of former Indian international cricketer V.V.S. Laxman who was the backbone of the Indian middle-order during his heydays and played 134 tests notching up 17 test centuries in a career spanning 16 years.
