India’s Best ODI XI of the 1980s

#3 Dilip Vengsarkar

Vengasarkar was an elegant stroke-maker who looked at his best while driving the ball

Dilip Vengsarkar was India’s most dependable batsman in the middle order. The ‘Colonel’ was he was famously called made the number three position his own for almost a decade.

Vengasarkar was an elegant stroke-maker who looked at his best while driving the ball. On his day, he could torment the best of attacks.

Vengsarkar took on the mantle of becoming the lynchpin of the middle order and got runs consistently in limited overs cricket.

Dilip Vengsarkar ODI Record (1980-1989)

Middle Order Batsman

Matches 117 Runs 3277 Avg 36.41 100s 1