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Dilip Vengsarkar

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Dilip Vengsarkar
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Vengsarkar in 2011
Personal information
Full nameDilip Balwant Vengsarkar
Born6 April 1956 (age 60)
Rajapur Maharashtra, 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 1992. 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 atAuckland 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 and Roger 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 ofMalcolm 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.

Test centuries[edit]

No.MatchScoreAgainstInn.VenueH/A100 Scored onResult
117157* West Indies2Eden Gardens, KolkataHome2 January 1979Drawn[2]
219109 West Indies1Feroz Shah Kotla Ground,DelhiHome27 January 1979Drawn[3]
322103 England2Lord's, St John's Wood,LondonAway14 December 1982Drawn[4]
426112 Australia1M. Chinnaswamy Stadium,BangaloreHome23 September 1979Drawn[5]
532146* Pakistan2Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiHome9 December 1979Drawn[6]
649157 England2Lord's Cricket Ground St John's Wood, LondonAway14 June 1982Lost[7]
766159 West Indies1Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiHome29 October 1983Drawn[8]
867100 West Indies1Wankhede Stadium, BombayHome24 November 1983Drawn[9]
976137 England1Green Park Stadium, KanpurHome1 February 1985Drawn[10]
1083126* England1Lord's, St John's Wood,LondonAway7 June 1986Won[11]
1184102* England2Headingley Stadium, LeedsAway21 June 1986Won[12]
1287164* Australia1Wankhede Stadium, BombayHome18 October 1986Drawn[13]
1389153 Sri Lanka1Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, NagpurHome30 December 1986Won[14]
1490166 Sri Lanka1Barabati Stadium, CuttackHome5 January 1987Won[15]
1594109 Pakistan1Motera Stadium,AhmedabadHome8 March 1987Drawn[16]
1696102 double-dagger  West Indies2Feroz Shah Kotla, DelhiHome28 November 1987Lost[17]
1798102* double-dagger  West Indies1Eden Gardens, CalcuttaHome30 December 1987Drawn[18]

ODI centuries[edit]

No.MatchScoreAgainstInn.VenueH/A100 Scored onResult
146105 England1Nehru Stadium, PuneHome5 December 1984Lost[19]

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 Indies in early 1989 and a stand-off with the Indian cricket board (BCCI).
Dilip Vengsarkar's career performance graph.

Awards[edit]

Administrator[edit]

In his retirement life, Dilip Vengsarkar started the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy[22] in 1995. Vengsarkar became the Vice-President for the Mumbai Cricket Association in 2003.[23] Though, he was the front runner for the post of the Chairman, Selection Committee, Dilip opted out because of his policy against zonal representation.[24] 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.[25]
In March 2006, BCCI proposed the name of Vengsarkar for match referee,[26] but the proposal did not move forward as Vengsarkar accepted the job as chairman of selectors of the BCCI[27] 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.
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      Born: April 6, 1956 (age 60), Rajapur, Maharashtra
      Spouse: Manali Vengsarkar
      Date joined: January 24, 1976
      Batting style: Right-handed
      Children: Nakul Vengsarkar, Pallavi Vengsarkar
      Awards: Arjuna Award for Cricket
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