Aug 202012
VVS Laxman’s ability to blissfully bat on, regardless of the pressure, rubs off on the viewer; his style simply pushes aside the strife © AFP By Rutvij Merchant, the UAE In the late 1990s, aged seven, I watched my first India-Pakistan match in Sharjah. I have vivid memories of screaming, “Jeetega bhai jeetega, Hindustan jeetega (India will win),” infused with patriotic fervour. But regardless of which side won, all I wanted to see was a Saeed Anwar hundred. Representing the true power of sport, his peerless timing derived from…