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By Ashish Shukla
Bridgetown (Barbados), Jun 29 (PTI) VVS Laxman was a disappointed man despite playing a crucial role in India''s recovery in the second Test against West Indies as a hundred had eluded him once again after all the hard work.
Laxman, who played a precious 85-run knock in India''s total of 201 all out yesterday, was also upset that he didn''t farm the strike enough with the tailenders.
"I have not converted many of my 50s into 100s and so you feel bad after having put in the hard work," reflected Laxman on his knock which also helped him to a personal milestone of 8,000 Test runs.
Laxman has so far hit 16 centuries from his 122-Test long career but there are as many as 50 half centuries many of which he wished he had converted into three-figure knocks.
Laxman conceded he made a misjudgment in trying to farm strike in the post-tea session.
"Fidel (Edwards) was bowling with good pace and was reverse swinging his deliveries. He was bowling short-pitched balls and I wanted to take strike off him. Unfortunately my shot-selection (a cut off Davendra Bishoo to point fielder) wasn''t ideal. I wanted to take the single and go to the other end (from where Edwards was bowling).
"I think I made a mistake and got out. We could have scored 50-60 important runs," he said.
Even though Laxman was mindful that there was some more score to be had, for himself and for his team, he lauded the bowlers to have brought the side right back into the match.
"If we had scored 250-300 it would have been very good. But the bowlers have got us right back into the match." MORE PTI AS PM
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Bridgetown (Barbados), Jun 29 (PTI) VVS Laxman was a disappointed man despite playing a crucial role in India''s recovery in the second Test against West Indies as a hundred had eluded him once again after all the hard work.
Laxman, who played a precious 85-run knock in India''s total of 201 all out yesterday, was also upset that he didn''t farm the strike enough with the tailenders.
"I have not converted many of my 50s into 100s and so you feel bad after having put in the hard work," reflected Laxman on his knock which also helped him to a personal milestone of 8,000 Test runs.
Laxman has so far hit 16 centuries from his 122-Test long career but there are as many as 50 half centuries many of which he wished he had converted into three-figure knocks.
Laxman conceded he made a misjudgment in trying to farm strike in the post-tea session.
"Fidel (Edwards) was bowling with good pace and was reverse swinging his deliveries. He was bowling short-pitched balls and I wanted to take strike off him. Unfortunately my shot-selection (a cut off Davendra Bishoo to point fielder) wasn''t ideal. I wanted to take the single and go to the other end (from where Edwards was bowling).
"I think I made a mistake and got out. We could have scored 50-60 important runs," he said.
Even though Laxman was mindful that there was some more score to be had, for himself and for his team, he lauded the bowlers to have brought the side right back into the match.
"If we had scored 250-300 it would have been very good. But the bowlers have got us right back into the match." MORE PTI AS PM
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