17 Facts About Laxman Sivaramakrishnan

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan serves as one of the players' representatives on the International Cricket Council's cricket committee.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan first drew attention as a 12-year-old, claiming 7 wickets for 2 runs in a Madras inter-school championship game.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan began his first class career at the age of 16 in 1981.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan had played only three first-class matches until then.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan made his Test debut at St John's at the age of 17 years and 118 days.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was the youngest Indian Test cricketer until that point in time.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan went wicketless but scored 17 runs in the only inning that he played.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was the third-youngest player to take ten wickets in a match at the age of 18 years and 333 days against England.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took another six wickets in the next innings at Delhi.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan took only five more wickets in the series.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan did similarly well in the four-nation tournament in Sharjah a few weeks later.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan played a test in Sri Lanka in 1985 and two in Australia with little success.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan made an unexpected comeback to the 1987 World Cup team and played in two matches.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan converted himself into a batsman and continued to play first-class cricket on and off for another ten years.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan started out as L Sivaramakrishnan, but, as is typical with expanding initialed South Indian names, turning the L to Laxmanan caused Sivaramakrishnan to appear to be his surname.

In May 2013, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan was named as a players' representative on the International Cricket Council's cricket committee.