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Dilip Vengsarkar (Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar) was born on 6 April, 1956 in Rajapur, Maharashtra, India, is a Former Indian cricketer and cricket administrator. Discover Dilip Vengsarkar's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 67 years old?

Popular As Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar
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Age 67 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 6 April, 1956
Birthday 6 April
Birthplace Rajapur, Maharashtra, India
Nationality India

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1956

Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar (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.

1975

Vengsarkar made his international cricket debut against New Zealand at Auckland in 1975–76 as an opening batsman.

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.

1978

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.

1979

He played a memorable inning 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 the Tea break, Vengsarkar saw himself running out of partners and decided to play the last few overs for a draw.

He remained unbeaten on 146.

1983

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 a member of the 1983 World Champion's team.

1985

He was also a part of the Indian squad which won the 1985 World Championship of Cricket.

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.

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 the Celebrity Cricket League Season 5.

1986

He also scored a century at Lord's in 1986, thus scoring consecutive Test match centuries at Lord's in three matches.

1987

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 a seafood allergy.

1989

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.

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 Board of Control for Cricket in India).

1992

He went on to play until 1992.

1995

After retiring, Vengsarkar started the Elf-Vengsarkar Academy in 1995.

2002

He was appointed the Chairman of the Talent Resource Development Wing when it was created in 2002 to develop cricket talent within the country.

Presently he is Chief Adviser of the Cricket Association of Telangana (CAT).

2003

He became the vice-president of the Mumbai Cricket Association in 2003.

Although, he was the front runner for the post of the Chairman, Selection Committee, Dilip opted out because of his policy against zonal representation.

2006

In March 2006, the BCCI proposed Vengsarkar as a match referee, but the proposal did not move forward as Vengsarkar accepted the job as chairman of selectors of the BCCI later in the year.

He runs three cricket academies, two in Mumbai and one in Pune.

These academies give training free of charge to players selected on their skill level.

A Bollywood film 83 released in 2021 about the events around India's first World Cup win, at Lords in 1983, features Adinath Kothare as Vengsarkar.

2014

In 2014, he received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award, the highest honour conferred by BCCI on a former player.