Vengsarkar also said Laxman had to also work on his fitness to be considered for selection in the shorter version of the game.

"Laxman is a fantastic player and I am a huge fan of his. But his fitness for the one-day game is not up to the mark. Laxman and Sourav Ganguly need to show more consistency, but that holds good for everyone," Vengsarkar said while reacting to a question about Ganguly's knock of 118 for East Zone against North Zone in the Duleep Trophy.

Vengsarkar, who was the chief guest at the launch of Polycom Corporate Twenty-20 Cricket Fest last night, said he was happy that players like Robin Uthappa, Yashpal Singh, Gautam Gambhir and Rohan Gavaskar were also among runs.

Asked about his recent comment that there were no talent emerging from the country, Vengsarkar said he had been misunderstood a bit.

"What I said was that there was no new talent good enough to immediately make it into the Indian team right away. I never said there was no talent," he said.