Laxman Likely To Announce Retirement On Saturday

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[size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]VVS Laxman, one of the go-to men of Indian cricket in the last decade and among the most stylish batsmen in recent memory, is likely to bring the curtain down on his international career. He expected to make an announcement in the next 24 hours.[/font][/size]

[size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Laxman has told his family and close circle of friends, including his long-time coach, that he was "contemplating" retirement after the two-Test series against New Zealand, which starts in his hometown Hyderabad on August 23.[/font][/size]

[size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]"He said he was contemplating [it]," one of the Hyderabad Cricket Association officials, who spoke to Laxman, told ESPNcricinfo. Laxman admitted as much in this brief quote to The Hindu earlier today: "A final decision will be taken about the exact details of my plans by this [Friday] evening."[/font][/size]
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[size=4][font=arial, helvetica, sans-serif]Definitive word was still to come, but it is understood that Laxman was pondering the right moment to exit: whether to retire after the first Test in Hyderabad or to leave it till the end New Zealand series, after the second Test in Bangalore[/font][/size][/size][/font][/color]

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