bengaluru between them rahul dravid and vvs laxman have played 298 tests amassing 22069 runs on the other hand anil kumbles and javagal srinaths 199 tests have yielded 855 wicketsthe contribution of this 90s class is unparalleled while they created magic on the field during their playing days they touched hearts as they relived memories during the bengaluru launch of vvs laxmans autobiography 281 and beyond coauthored by r kaushikit was a typical bengaluru december evening the air was chilly but the mood was warm laxman along with kumble srinath and dravid showcased rare spirit and camaraderie rekindling an old fire teammates reunitedexcerptswhen the boys from south first metvvs laxman i remember rahul dravid it was a u19 match between hyderabad and karnataka in bengaluru rahul was wearing a shirt while batting later i came to know it was gifted by roger binny and had the bcci logo as usual rahul scored a hundred i cannot forget the body language he showed the concentration focus ability to play long innings that never changed till the last day he played the gamerahul dravid i remember that shirt laxman is talking of roger had given it to me it was a shirt they got when they were touring england it was really thick meant for the winter in england but because it was given to me by roger binny i would still wear that shirt to bat in 30 degrees centigrade and laxman is just being kind to say i got a lot of runs against them the amount of fielding ive done when laxman has batted i mean i got a hundred but he made triplehundreds against us and doublehundreds against uslaxmans meeting with srinathvvs before i made my debut in ahmedabad as was the norm they asked me to give a speech i was very emotional and when i started talking i was courteous thanking each one saying it was an honour and privilege to be playing with some of the role models ive grown up being inspired by there was tendulkar azharuddin anil srinath suddenly one voice in the room calls out dont you respect the seniors i want you to stand on the chair and give your speech show some respect man and that was from javagal srinath he will deny having said that even till date he continues to rag me im still being ragged by my seniorsjavagal srinath i dont know my first interaction with laxman was in 1996 on the tour of england laxman has a story to tell which is not true if it is in his book im going to sue him he has some grouse against venky venkatesh prasad and me for a long time vvs as a youngster who wanted to play for india i went to meet the touring indian team while i was playing in the bradford league i go to their team hotel in nottingham and meet anil rahul venkatapathy raju then i wanted to meet venkatesh