For his elegant batting, Laxman was fondly called a ‘Very Very Special’ cricketer.
Laxman is the great-grand-nephew of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan.
Both VVS Laxman’s father V Shantaram and mother V Satyabhama were doctors.
VVS Laxman was also registered as a medical student.
He was awarded an honorary doctorate by TERI University in 2015.
Laxman played the finest knock of his career against Australia at Eden Gardens in March 2001.
Laxman had pulled off the highest knock (281) of his career as India scripted a 171-run victory.
Did you know VVS Laxman has two Test wickets under his belt?
Laxman was honoured with Padma Shri in 2011 and Arjuna Award in 2001.
6 of Laxman’s 17 Test centuries came against the mighty Australian team.