'Couldn't believe he was driving the bus': VVS Laxman recalls one of his 'abiding memories' with MS Dhoni

In his autobiography '281 and beyond', swashbuckling middle order batsman VVS Laxman has revealed a number of things which many didn't kw about. One of biggest and most important part of his book was mention of MS Dhoni.

Laxman has revealed that former Indian skipper, after he took over captaincy from retiring Anil Kumble, drove his team's bus at Nagpur. Stating that he never imagined such thing to happen, Laxman wrote,

"One of my abiding memories is of MS (Dhoni) driving team bus to hotel in Nagpur, during my 100th Test. I couldn't believe my eyes - captain of team driving us back from ground! It was his first Test in charge after Anil's (Kumble) retirement, and he didn't seem to have a care in world. But he was like that, playful and grounded. MS never lost joy, playfulness. I have never met anyone quite like him."

Ar mention regarding former Indian skipper was to clear reported rift between two. re were rumors that pair h problems between m at time Laxman was retiring.

But he put to rest all such speculations. Stating that his initial comments, wherein he mentioned it is difficult to reach Dhoni, was taken wrongly, legendary batsman wrote,

"After I informed media of my decision to retire, questions flowed. ‘Have you informed your teammates?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Have you spoken to Dhoni, what did he have to say?’ ‘Everyone kws how difficult it is to reach Dhoni,’ I joked. Little did I realise that this would trigger first and only controversy of my cricketing career."

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He followed this up by writing that it was media which tried to create unrest between two by speculating what he meant, whereas in reality, he was in awe with n Indian skipper for way he behaves with ors.

"I h unwittingly provided fodder to media, who started to speculate that I h retired in a huff because MS and I h differences, that re was a rift between us. It wasn’t funny at time, but one of helines following day re, ‘VVS, retired hurt'. I waited for end of Test and n went to hotel to thank every teammate and member of support staff individually. When I met MS, he took one look at me and burst out laughing. ‘Laxman bhai, you are t used to all se controversies, but I am. Don’t take this to heart. We all kw that sometimes, facts need t come in way of a good story.’ I was once again struck by his maturity, his simplicity, and how easily he h put me at ease," he ded.