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Dilip Vengsarkar

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Dilip Vengsarkar
DilipVengsarkar.jpg
Vengsarkar in 2011
Personal information
Full nameDilip Balwant Vengsarkar
Born6 April 1956 (age 58)
Rajapur, India
Batting styleRight-handed
Bowling styleRight arm medium
International information
National side
Test debut(cap 139)24 January 1976 v New Zealand
Last Test5 February 1992 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 19)21 February 1976 v New Zealand
Last ODI14 November 1991 v South Africa
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1975–1992Bombay
1985Staffordshire
Career statistics
CompetitionTestODIFCLA
Matches116129260174
Runs scored6,8683,50817,8684,835
Batting average42.1334.7352.8635.29
100s/50s17/351/2355/871/35
Top score166105284105
Balls bowled47619912
Wickets0010
Bowling average––126.00–
5 wickets in innings––––
10 wickets in match–n/a–n/a
Best bowling––1/31–
Catches/stumpings78/–37/–179/–51/–
Source: Cricinfo, 7 February 2010
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar About this sound pronunciation (help·info) (born 6 April 1956) is an Indian cricketer and cricket administrator. He was known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. He was also known by the nickname 'Colonel'.[1] Along with Sunil Gavaskar and Gundappa Viswanath, he was a key player in the Indian batting line up in the late 70s and early 80s. He went on to play till 1989. He represented Bombay in the Ranji Trophy. For Test matches played in India, he has one of the highest batting averages.

Career[edit]

Vengsarkar made his international cricket debut against New Zealand at Auckland in 1975–76 as an opening batsmen. India won this Test convincingly, but he did not have much success. Later on he usually batted in the No.3 or No.4 position.
He played a memorable innings in 1979 against Asif Iqbal's Pakistan team in the 2nd Test at Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi. Requiring 390 to win on the final day, he led India's chase getting the team very close to a victory. India ended up with 364 for 6, just 26 runs short of what would have been a remarkable win. With Yashpal Sharma, Kapil Dev andRoger Binny back to the pavilion after Tea break, Vengsarkar saw himself running out of partners and decided to play the last few overs for a draw. He remained unbeaten at 146.
During the 1978–79 Test Series in India against the West Indies, he was involved in a partnership of over 300 runs with Sunil Gavaskar at Calcutta, with both batsman scoring centuries.
He was a member of the 1983 World Champion's team. He had a productive run of scores between 1985 and 1987, where he scored centuries against Pakistan, Australia, England, West Indies and Sri Lanka, many of them in successive games. At this pinnacle of his career, he was rated as the best batsmen in the Coopers and Lybrand rating (a predecessor of the PWC ratings).
While the West Indies pacemen dominated the cricket world, Dilip Vengsarkar was one of the few batsmen who was successful against them, and scored 6 centuries against the likes of Malcolm Marshall,Michael Holding and Andy Roberts.
He is currently team mentor and coach for Telugu Warrior team in CCL(Celebrity Cricket League) Season 5

Unique distinction[edit]

He also scored a century at Lord's in 1986 and thereby attaining the distinction of scoring three consecutive Test matchcenturies at Lord's. For his effort to help India win the Test series in England (a rare feat in itself) he was awarded the Man of the Series award.

Captaincy[edit]

Vengsarkar took over the captaincy from Kapil Dev after the 1987 Cricket World Cup, despite criticism that he missed the semi-final match due to a stomach disorder resulting from sea food allergy. Although he started with two centuries in his first series as captain, his captaincy period was turbulent and he lost the job following a disastrous tour of the West Indiesin early 1989 and a stand-off with the Indian cricket board (BCCI).

Dilip Vengsarkar's career performance graph.

Awards[edit]

  • Dilip Vengsarkar was awarded the Arjuna Award for his on-field performances in 1981

Administrator[edit]

In his retirement life, Dilip Vengsarkar started the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy[4] in 1995. Vengsarkar became the Vice-President for the Mumbai Cricket Association in 2003.[5] Though, he was the front runner for the post of the Chairman, Selection Committee, Dilip opted out because of his policy against zonal representation.[6] Dilip Vengsarkar was made the Chairman of the Talent Resource Development Wing (TRDW) when it was created in 2002 to develop cricket talent within the country. The TRDW program also had the support of Brijesh Patel.[7]
In March 2006, BCCI proposed the name of Vengsarkar for match referee,[8] but the proposal did not move forward as Vengsarkar accepted the job as chairman of selectors of the BCCI[9] in September 2006 – in contrast to his stance on zonal representation a decade ago.
He runs three cricket academies, two in Mumbai and one in Pune. These academies give cricket training free of cost to the selected players selected on their skill level.
He have recently launched his own website www.vengsarkar.in which will help upcoming players of India to move a step ahead.

References[edit]

  1. Jump up^ [1]
  2. Jump up^ "Dilip Vengasarkar". Wisden Almanack. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  3. Jump up^ "CK Naidu lifetime achievement award for Dilip Vengsarkar ","Affairscloud" , 21 November 2014.
  4. Jump up^ "Vengasarkar as Match-Referee". ELF.com. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  5. Jump up^ "Vengasarkar wins MCA Elections". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  6. Jump up^ "Vengasarkar outs out of selection committee". Rediff.com. 19 September 1996. Retrieved 2007-04-02.
  7. Jump up^ "TRDW – The Way to go". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 30 May 2006. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  8. Jump up^ "Vengasarkar as Match-Referee". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-03-14.
  9. Jump up^ "2006/08 Selection Committee Announcement". Cricinfo.com. Retrieved 2007-03-14.

External links[edit]

  • Wonderful Vengsarkar
Preceded by
Kapil Dev		Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1987/88		Succeeded by
Ravi Shastri
Preceded by
Ravi Shastri		Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1987/88–1989/90		Succeeded by
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Preceded by
Kiran More		Chairman, Selection Committee
October 2006 – September 2008		Succeeded by
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
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