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How growing two-and-a-half inches caused Laxman Sivaramakrishnan to lose form and affect performance | Cricket News

How growing two-and-a-half inches caused Laxman Sivaramakrishnan to lose form and affect performance | Cricket News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 25, 2026 12:18 PM IST Despite having a strong start to his international career, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan last played for India when he was 21. The 1987 World Cup on home soil where he played two matches against New Zealand and Zimbabwe, happened to be his last as he lost his spot in the team and never came close to taking it back. A spinner who showed plenty of promise since the age of 14, when he played for India Under-19 and went on to make his Test debut as a 17-year-old, Sivaramakrishnan losing his way in the cricketing field has been a big puzzle. And the 60-year-old has said how growing two and a half inches taller brought an unexpected twist to his career. “In the 1987 World Cup in India, I was bowling a lot of full tosses. I got on the team when I was 16 and those were growing years for any boy or girl. At that age, 16 to 18 or 19, you keep growing. So I …

‘Why does BCCI production house call my friends to check on me if they don’t want to give gig? Sivaramakrishnan on why he ended his commentary career | Cricket News

‘Why does BCCI production house call my friends to check on me if they don’t want to give gig? Sivaramakrishnan on why he ended his commentary career | Cricket News

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2 min readMar 25, 2026 10:20 AM IST Laxman Sivaramakrishnan spent twenty-three years as a cricket commentator but was never assigned a toss or post-match presentation. When he asked a producer why, the answer was direct. “He said, ‘We have been instructed by our bosses not to put you.’ They said it is to do with me not being presentable.” Sivaramakrishnan’s response: “The most charismatic and the best in the business is Vijay Amritraj. Is he not dark?” he tells The Indian Express. The man who took 12 wickets in a Test at nineteen, who stumped Imran Khan in Sharjah while the crowd chanted his name, who was called India’s most naturally gifted cricketer alongside Kapil Dev by Ravi Shastri — says the colourism that followed him through his playing career followed him into the commentary box. Former india leg-spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan During the IPL in the UAE, isolated in quarantine, he says the depression returned. He couldn’t go to the bar with other commentators — “They would say he was drinking” — so he …

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan on how taunts about his colour traumatised him

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan on how taunts about his colour traumatised him

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4 min readUpdated: Mar 25, 2026 10:08 AM IST On his seventeenth birthday, touring Pakistan with the Indian team, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was called to cut his birthday cake. A teammate looked at the cake Sunil Gavaskar had ordered and said: “Hey Sunny, you ordered the right colour cake. Such a dark chocolate cake for a dark boy.” “I started crying and refused to cut the cake. Then Sunil Gavaskar had to pacify me and then I cut the cake with tears in my eyes,” Sivaramakrishnan told The Indian Express. It was not the first time. At fourteen, a senior India batsman had mistaken him for ground staff at Chepauk and asked him to clean his shoes. In the Tamil Nadu dressing room, prominent players called him Karupa. When he fielded on the boundary in the north of India, crowds chanted Kalia. At a hotel in Mumbai — now the Trident at Nariman Point — a gatekeeper refused to let him back in. He was part of the Indian team. The gatekeeper looked at his colour …

Why Laxman Sivaramakrishnan spent more time in West Indies dressing room than India in the 1983 tour | Cricket News

Why Laxman Sivaramakrishnan spent more time in West Indies dressing room than India in the 1983 tour | Cricket News

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3 min readUpdated: Mar 25, 2026 09:41 AM IST Former India spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has revealed he spent more time in the West Indies dressing room during the 1983 tour where he made his debut in the Antigua Test. Having faced a few unpleasant incidents during his time in Pakistan because of his skin colour, the 60-year-old says he was more at home in the West Indies.“Everybody’s skin colour was on the darker side. They were very happy people,” Sivaramakrishnan says. The former leg-spinner then recalled how the likes of Malcolm Marshall and Desmond Haynes would take him out during the Test series. “In West Indies I was treated very well even by the opposition, in fact my best friends were Desmond Haynes and late Malcolm Marshall, they used to take me out almost every evening. When the Test matches were going on, I’d probably take a change of clothes and have a shower in the ground and take permission and leave,” he told The Indian Express. Marshall and Haynes took him out almost every …

Why L Sivaramakrishnan is pained: ‘Because of my darkness, people dismissed me… I wanted to forget, forget, forget’ | Long Reads News

Why L Sivaramakrishnan is pained: ‘Because of my darkness, people dismissed me… I wanted to forget, forget, forget’ | Long Reads News

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HE DOESN’T have a single photograph from his playing days. No shirts, no trophies, no bats. Not even the Man of the Series award from India-England, 1984-85. A man who took 12 wickets in a Test match at 19, who stumped Imran Khan in Sharjah while the crowd chanted his name and Javed Miandad at MCG, who was called India’s most naturally gifted cricketer alongside Kapil Dev — and his house in Abhiramapuram, Chennai, is clean of all evidence that any of it happened. “There is nothing at home connected to cricket. I want to keep away from my playing days. I have given everything to somebody or the other,” says former India leg spinner Laxman Sivaramakrishnan. The memories he tried to give away too. They didn’t go. *** The first scar came at 14. Sivaramakrishnan, still in school, was a net bowler for the Indian team at Chepauk. Still in uniform, as he rushed straight to change in a small room at the stadium, a senior India batsman called out to him, “Hey. Hey.” …

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan on how taunts about his colour traumatised him

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan announces retirement as commentator | Cricket News

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2 min readMar 20, 2026 06:53 PM IST Former India leg-spinner and veteran cricket expert Laxman Sivaramakrishnan on Friday announced his retirement from the BCCI commentary panel, citing lack of opportunities to conduct toss and presentation ceremonies as reasons to end his broadcasting career. Sivaramakrishnan, who created ripples with his big, booming leg-spinners, googlies and and top spins as a 17-year-old in the early 1980s, expressed his frustration in a series of tweets, which suggested deep-seated dissatisfaction with his job. “I am retiring from commentary for BCCI,” Sivaramakrishnan wrote on his ‘X’ handle. “If I have not been used for TOSSES and PRESENTATION for 23 years and new comers come in do pitch report Tosses Presentation even when Shastri was coaching, what do you think could be the reason. “How does a company owning BCCI rights go down? Any guesses. “My retirement is nothing great. But a story of tv production unfolds. Soon you will see the bigger picture,” he tweeted. Also when a user suggested if his skin colour was an issue, Sivaramakrishnan replied, …

Harish Sivaramakrishnan On South Side Story & Embracing Carnatic Progressive Roots Of Agam | N18V

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In an exclusive interview with CNN-News18’s Yatamanyu Narain, Harish Sivaramakrishnan, frontman of the popular band Agam, reflected on their long-standing association with the South Side Story festival. He discussed how their rendition of ‘Malhar Jam’ on MTV Coke Studio Season 2 helped expand the band’s reach. Sivaramakrishnan also delved into how Agam explored various sub-genres in their debut studio album ‘Inner Self Awakens’. He candidly shared insights into their recent releases and discussed the growing influence of AI on the music industry. Additionally, he offered a sneak peek into the band’s upcoming projects as well. Source link

‘Tried calling him a few times…no reply. That’s the respect we former cricketers get: Laxman Sivaramakrishnan takes a jibe at R Ashwin ahead of his 100th Test | Cricket News

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Former cricketer Laxman Sivaramakrishnan in the past has been critical of Indian off-spinner R Ashwin. On Wednesday the former leg-spinner once again took to X (formerly known as Twitter) and claimed Ashwin did not respond to his call or messages when Sivaramakrisnan tried to congratulate the player for reaching 100 Tests. The 58-year-old wrote “Tried calling him a few times to wish him for his 100th Test. Just cut off my call. Sent him a message, no reply. That’s the respect we former cricketers get.” “Respect comes only from cultured people. Btw, I was earlier tweeting about a minor correction in his action and not criticizing him. If only people understood,” he further added. The former Indian player replying to the Netizens would question their experience of playing cricket for India and would Tweet. “Have you all played more cricket than me, 9 tests 16 ODI’s ????” Tried calling him a few times to wish him for his 100th Test. Just cut off my call. Sent him a message, no reply. Thats the respect we …