CRICKET WICKETPLAYER CAREER
VVS Laxman
International career statistics, records and scorecard analysis
VL
220Internationals
11,119Career runs
23Centuries
2Wickets
Career records by format
Test
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 134
- Innings
- 225
- Runs
- 8,781
- Average
- 45.97
- Strike rate
- 49.37
- Highest score
- 281
- Not outs
- 34
- 100s
- 17
- 50s
- 56
- Ducks
- 14
- 4s
- 1,135
- 6s
- 5
- Balls faced
- 17,785
Bowling
- Matches
- 134
- Innings
- 13
- Balls
- 324
- Maidens
- 12
- Runs conceded
- 126
- Wickets
- 2
- Average
- 63.00
- Economy
- 2.33
- Strike rate
- 162.00
- Best innings
- 1/2
- Best match
- 1/2
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- 0
Fielding
- Matches
- 134
- Innings
- 248
- Catches
- 135
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 135
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 135
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.544
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 0st)
ODI
Official international careerBatting
- Matches
- 86
- Innings
- 83
- Runs
- 2,338
- Average
- 30.76
- Strike rate
- 71.23
- Highest score
- 131
- Not outs
- 7
- 100s
- 6
- 50s
- 10
- Ducks
- 3
- 4s
- 222
- 6s
- 4
- Balls faced
- 3,282
Bowling
- Matches
- 86
- Innings
- 4
- Balls
- 42
- Maidens
- 0
- Runs conceded
- 40
- Wickets
- 0
- Average
- N/A
- Economy
- 5.71
- Strike rate
- N/A
- Best innings
- -
- Best match
- -
- 4 wickets
- 0
- 5 wickets
- 0
- 10 wickets
- —
Fielding
- Matches
- 86
- Innings
- 85
- Catches
- 39
- Stumpings
- 0
- Dismissals
- 39
- Keeper catches
- 0
- Fielder catches
- 39
- Dismissals / inns
- 0.458
- Best innings
- 4 (4ct 0st)
Career records checked: 2026-09-07. — means not recorded; N/A means the statistic does not apply. Career totals are independent of the scorecard archive.
Explore this player’s available match data
218 match appearances in available scorecards. Filters below apply to this archive only.
Recent available appearances
| Date | Match | Format | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-01-24 | Australia v India | Test | Australia won by 298 runs |
| 2012-01-13 | Australia v India | Test | Australia won by an innings and 37 runs |
| 2012-01-03 | Australia v India | Test | Australia won by an innings and 68 runs |
| 2011-12-26 | Australia v India | Test | Australia won by 122 runs |
| 2011-11-22 | India v West Indies | Test | Match drawn |
| 2011-11-14 | India v West Indies | Test | India won by an innings and 15 runs |
| 2011-11-06 | India v West Indies | Test | India won by 5 wickets |
| 2011-08-18 | England v India | Test | England won by an innings and 8 runs |
| 2011-08-10 | England v India | Test | England won by an innings and 242 runs |
| 2011-07-29 | England v India | Test | England won by 319 runs |
| 2011-07-21 | England v India | Test | England won by 196 runs |
| 2011-07-06 | West Indies v India | Test | Match drawn |
THE SHAPE OF A CAREER
Available scorecardsPerformance by year
Formats are shown separately. These totals cover published scorecards against the twelve national teams; they can differ from complete official career records.
Test
Exact yearly figures · 17 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 3 | 6 | 152 | 66 | 25.33 | 42.93 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 354 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2011 | 12 | 23 | 773 | 176 | 40.68 | 51.32 | 1 | 6 | 85 | 0 | 1,506 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2010 | 11 | 18 | 939 | 143 | 67.07 | 51.82 | 2 | 7 | 102 | 1 | 1,812 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2009 | 6 | 9 | 471 | 124 | 67.28 | 49.42 | 1 | 5 | 70 | 0 | 953 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2008 | 15 | 27 | 1,086 | 200 | 47.21 | 50.84 | 2 | 7 | 121 | 0 | 2,136 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1.90 | N/A |
| 2007 | 8 | 14 | 496 | 112 | 55.11 | 48.24 | 1 | 3 | 61 | 0 | 1,028 | 2 | 1 | 7.00 | 3.50 | 12.00 |
| 2006 | 10 | 17 | 561 | 100 | 40.07 | 41.43 | 1 | 4 | 78 | 0 | 1,354 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 8 | 12 | 508 | 140 | 46.18 | 48.10 | 2 | 3 | 75 | 1 | 1,056 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | 12 | 16 | 513 | 178 | 32.06 | 55.70 | 1 | 2 | 80 | 0 | 921 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 | 5 | 10 | 595 | 148 | 85.00 | 48.17 | 2 | 3 | 73 | 1 | 1,235 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 15 | 23 | 984 | 154 | 51.78 | 45.34 | 2 | 5 | 123 | 0 | 2,170 | 1 | 1 | 32.00 | 1.88 | 102.00 |
| 2001 | 10 | 16 | 869 | 281 | 54.31 | 62.87 | 1 | 5 | 139 | 2 | 1,382 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 3 | 5 | 208 | 167 | 52.00 | 62.27 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 334 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 1.00 | N/A |
| 1999 | 6 | 12 | 221 | 67 | 18.41 | 43.58 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 0 | 507 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 2.28 | N/A |
| 1998 | 2 | 3 | 116 | 95 | 38.66 | 51.32 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 0 | 226 | 2 | 0 | N/A | 1.00 | N/A |
| 1997 | 6 | 9 | 212 | 64 | 30.28 | 35.15 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 603 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 3.26 | N/A |
| 1996 | 2 | 4 | 77 | 51 | 19.25 | 37.01 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 208 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
ODI
Exact yearly figures · 8 seasons
| Year | Mat | Bat inns | Runs | HS | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s | BF | Bowl inns | Wkts | Bowl avg | Econ | Bowl SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2005 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 22 | 14.50 | 52.72 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2004 | 22 | 22 | 744 | 131 | 41.33 | 80.08 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 2 | 929 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2003 | 8 | 8 | 232 | 102 | 29.00 | 70.94 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 327 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2002 | 21 | 21 | 613 | 99 | 30.65 | 71.69 | 0 | 5 | 55 | 0 | 855 | 1 | 0 | N/A | 8.00 | N/A |
| 2001 | 14 | 14 | 526 | 101 | 40.46 | 72.85 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 1 | 722 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 2000 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 9 | 4.00 | 20.68 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 0 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| 1998 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 23 | 15.25 | 44.20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 138 | 3 | 0 | N/A | 5.33 | N/A |
Career timeline
Milestones found in available scorecards. The first recorded appearance here is not necessarily the international debut.
- First available scorecard
Test v South Africa · Ahmedabad
- First century in this archive · 167 runs
Test v Australia · Sydney
- Highest recorded innings · 281 runs
Test v Australia · Eden Gardens
- Best recorded bowling · 1/2
Test v Pakistan · Eden Gardens
- Latest available scorecard
Test v Australia · Adelaide Oval