(1956-04-06) 6 April 1956 (age 68) Rajapur, Maharashtra, India
Batting
Right-handed
Bowling
Right-arm medium
International information
National side
India (1976–1992)
Test debut (cap 139)
24 January 1976 v New Zealand
Last Test
5 February 1992 v Australia
ODI debut (cap 19)
21 February 1976 v New Zealand
Last ODI
14 November 1991 v South Africa
Domestic team information
Years
Team
1975/76–1991/92
Mumbai
1985
Staffordshire
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
Winner
1983 England and Wales
World Championship of Cricket
Winner
1985 Australia
ACC Asia Cup
Winner
1984 United Arab Emirates
Winner
1988 Bangladesh
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 7 February 2010
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkarpronunciationⓘ (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.
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.[1] In 2014, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.[2]
^"Miandad replaces Vengsarkar", The Indian Express, p. 16, 3 March 1989, retrieved 3 October 2016
^"Dilip Vengsarkar 'honoured' to receive CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award". DNA India. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 27 April 2023. "I feel honoured that I have been chosen for the C K Nayudu award which I guess, is the highest award for cricket in India. I am grateful to the BCCI," Vengsarkar told PTI.
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Sunil Gavaskar, Rohit Sharma, Vijay Merchant, Polly Umrigar, and DilipVengsarkar. The first recorded cricket match in Mumbai took place between a Military...
Pradesh. Valthaty was trained in the DilipVengsarkar academy in Mumbai. He was then recommended by Vengsarkar to the Andhra Cricket Association (ACA)...
made by India scoring 613–7 in 2008. The most runs scored here is by DilipVengsarkar (673 runs), followed by Sunil Gavaskar (668 runs) and Sachin Tendulkar...
15-man Indian squad for the 2007 Cricket World Cup, with chief selector DilipVengsarkar confirming that Yuvraj was fit. He featured in the last two matches...
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with an underprepared wicket affording vastly unpredictable bounce. DilipVengsarkar, then at the most dizzying heights of his career, made his highest...
the position Chairman of the Selection Committee of the BCCI till DilipVengsarkar took over the job in 2006. In July 2019, he was appointed in a senior...
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coached by Ashok Kamat. He then went to Elf Vengsarkar Academy, run by former international cricketer DilipVengsarkar and played age-group cricket in Mumbai...
scored the most Test runs, followed by Sachin Tendulkar (921) and DilipVengsarkar (631). Anil Kumble (38 wickets), R Ashwin (34 wickets) and Kapil Dev...
Dilip Tirkey (born 25 November 1977), is a former captain of the Indian field hockey team, politician and sports administrator. He was awarded Padma Shree...
first-class cricket. He was selected to play for the team by Bombay captain DilipVengsarkar who watched him play Kapil Dev in Wankhede Stadium's cricket practice...
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