dilip vengsarkar Profile - ICC Profile, Age, Career Info & Stats.
dilip vengsarkar is a cricketer(sportsman) from India. His ICC profile, age, career info & stats are given below.
Full Name
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar
Born
April 06, 1956, Rajapur, Maharashtra
Age
67 years old
Batting Style
Right hand Bat
Bowling Style
Right arm Medium
Playing Role
Top order Batter
Batting Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 116 | 129 | - | - |
Inn | 185 | 120 | - | - |
Runs | 6868 | 3508 | - | - |
Avg | 41.37 | 34.39 | - | - |
SR | 59.98 | 67.74 | - | - |
HS | 166 | 105 | - | - |
NO | 19 | 18 | - | - |
100s | 17 | 1 | - | - |
50s | 35 | 23 | - | - |
4s | 560 | 228 | - | - |
6s | 17 | 24 | - | - |
Bowling Stats
Test | ODI | T20I | IPL | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Mat | 116 | 129 | - | - |
Inn | 6 | 1 | - | - |
Balls | 47 | 6 | - | - |
Runs | 36 | 4 | - | - |
Wkt | 0 | 0 | - | - |
BBI | 3 / 0 | 4 / 0 | - | - |
BBM | 3 / 0 | 4 / 0 | - | - |
Eco | 4.6 | 4.0 | - | - |
Avg | 0.0 | 0.0 | - | - |
5W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
10W | 0 | 0 | - | - |
Teams he has played for:
- India
- Mumbai
- Staffordshire
Heres what CricBuzz says about him.
The late 1970s and the 1980s saw the rapid rise of Dilip Vengsarkar. One of his most memorable knocks came against Pakistan in Delhi in the year 1979. India required a mammoth 390 runs on the final day but Vengsarkar's unbeaten 146 took them close to achieving the target (However, he ran out of partners and the match ended in a draw with India needing just 26 runs). Things got better for him in the coming years; Vengsarkar was part of the World Cup winning squad in 1983, and was rated as the best batsman in the Coopers and Lybrand rating in 1986-87.
Batting at the crucial number 3 position, he scored centuries against quality bowling attacks in tough conditions. He scored 6 centuries against West Indies, which boasted of a bowling line up with the likes of Holding, Marshall and Roberts. Vengsarkar has also scored 3 centuries at the Lord's, and was the Man of the Series in 1986 when India won in England. He replaced Kapil Dev as the captain post the 1987 World Cup, but lost the position in 1989 following a turbulent period. His form dipped, and he was dropped from the squad for a while. He made a comeback a year later, but was never the same player.
When he retired in 1992, he was only behind the legendary Sunil Gavaskar in Test runs and centuries. Post retirement, he started a coaching academy called the Elf Vengsarkar academy in Mumbai. In the year 2006, he was appointed the chief selector by the BCCI. India failed miserably in the 2007 World
Cup, making a first round exit, but Vengsarkar remained the Chairman of selectors. He backed a lot of youngsters during his tenure, and took some bold steps by dropping some senior players from the squad. India won the inaugural T20 World Cup in 2007 and tasted success in many places including
Australia during his tenure.
By Karthik Lakshmanan
Heres what ESPNcricinfo says about him.
Tall and slim, Dilip Vengsarkar was an elegant strokeplayer but on his day - which was often - he could be a tormentor of even the strongest attacks. He was India's No. 3 for many years and from that pivotal position guided the fortunes of the country's batting for more than a decade.
He burst upon the scene as a talented teenager when he scored a breezy 110 for Bombay against Rest of India in the Irani Trophy match at Nagpur in 1975, in the process taking a heavy toll of Bishan Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna, then at their peak. On his immense potential, he was straightaway inducted into the Indian team but success was rather slow in coming. It was not until the tour of Australia in 1977-78 that Vengsarkar established himself in the side, after which, for the next 15 years he was one of India's batting bulwarks.
From the late-'70s to the late-'80s, he was among the best batters in the country and, during a purple patch in the second of those decades, he was very nearly the leading player in the world. From 1986 to 1988, in 16 Tests he scored eight hundreds. Vengsarkar's best known feat, of course, is being the first to score three hundreds against England at Lord's. A superb player of the drive, he could also pull effortlessly and hook fearlessly. He put on an unbroken partnership of 344 for the second wicket with Sunil Gavaskar against West Indies in Calcutta in 1978-79 - then an Indian record.
Vengsarkar led the country in ten Tests, but lost the captaincy in 1989 following a controversial tour to the USA to play some festival matches. He lost his place in the side temporarily and though he was brought back for a few games in the early '90s, he was never really the same commanding player. At the time of his retirement in 1992, he was second only to Gavaskar in runs and centuries scored in Tests for India.
Vengsarkar served as the BCCI's chairman of selectors between 2006 and 2008.