Indian legend announced his retirement, made serious allegations against BCCI, know the whole matter

By Samira Vishwas On Mar 21, 2026

BCCI: Former Indian cricketer Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has announced his retirement from the commentary panel of BCCI.

BCCI: Former Indian cricketer Laxman Sivaramakrishnan has announced his retirement from the commentary panel of BCCI. With this he has made serious allegations against the Board of Control for Cricket in India. The former leg spinner says that in his 23-year long career, he was never given the opportunity to announce toss and do match presentation.

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan made allegations against BCCI

Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, who made his debut for India at the age of just 17, has suddenly said goodbye to the commentary panel of BCCI after being active in the world of commentary for almost 23 years. While sharing a post on social media, he accused BCCI and said that in his 23 years long career, he was not given the opportunity to do toss and match presentation, while the new comers are doing toss report and match report, then what do you think could be the reason for this?

Commenting on this post of Shivaramakrishnan, a user wrote that perhaps this could happen because of your complexion.

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
— Laxman Sivaramakrishnan (@LaxmanSivarama1) March 20, 2026

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Ashwin responded

Former Indian cricketer Ravichandran Ashwin has reacted to Sivaramakrishnan’s post. Expressing regret, he said that this time Shivaramakrishnan will not be seen doing commentary in the IPL. At the same time, in the comment section, some people have come out in support of the former cricketer, while some people are trolling him.

Sivaramakrishnan Cricket Career

Talking about the career of 60-year-old Laxman Sivaramakrishnan, he made his Test debut for India in 1983. He has played only 9 Tests and 16 ODI matches for Team India. He has 15-15 wickets in his name in Test and ODI cricket. At the same time, his figures in first class cricket are very impressive, where he has taken 154 wickets in 76 matches. During this period, 5 centuries were also seen with his bat.