Dilip Vengsarkar

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar pronunciation (born 6 April 1956) is a former Indian cricketer and a cricket administrator. He was known as one of the foremost exponents of the drive. 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 was a member of the Indian team that won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.Vengsarkar also led his national side to be the champions of the 1988 Asia Cup. He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket. He went on to play until 1992.

Dilip Vengsarkar
Vengsarkar in 2011
Personal information
Full name
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar
Born (1956-04-06) 6 April 1956
Rajapur, Maharashtra, India
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-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
1975/76–1991/92Mumbai
1985Staffordshire
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 116 129 260 174
Runs scored 6,868 3,508 17,868 4,835
Batting average 42.13 34.73 52.86 35.29
100s/50s 17/35 1/23 55/87 1/35
Top score 166 105 284 105
Balls bowled 47 6 199 12
Wickets 0 0 1 0
Bowling average 126.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 1/31
Catches/stumpings 78/– 37/– 179/– 51/–
Medal record
Men's Cricket
Representing  India
ICC Cricket World Cup
Winner1983 England and Wales
World Championship of Cricket
Winner1985 Australia
ACC Asia Cup
Winner1984 United Arab Emirates
Winner1988 Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 February 2010

At the pinnacle of his career, Vengsarkar was rated as the best batsman in the Coopers and Lybrand rating (a predecessor of the PWC ratings) and he held the number one slot for 21 months until 2 March 1989. In 2014, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.

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