Dilip Vengsarkar: When Lord of Lord's silenced the English!
Updated On: 06 April, 2023 08:10 AM IST | Mumbai | Srijanee Majumdar
Dilip Vengsarkar going almost down on his knee, with head bent over the ball and a full swing of his arms dispatching it between cover point and extra cover was a sight to savour
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Dilip Vengsarkar (Pic Courtesy: AFP)
As he adjusted the abdomen guard with gaze sauntering over the field, his copybook statuesque stance garnered most attention. As the bowler approached, he looked up, down again at his grip, up again, down again. His tall, upright structure began leaning forward as the balls were imperiously driven through both on and off-sides. His elegant driving, besides his command of the hook and pull shot, set him apart from the rest in India’s starting XI.
When Dilip Vengsarkar played through the covers, his bat impulsively took the shape of a majestic arc as the ball receded from view between the cover point and extra cover. But no, hold on! Any Vengsarkar loyalist would tell you he looked his finest when he drove between mid-on and mid-wicket. His electrifying on-drives were aptly nicknamed as ‘rifle-shot’ by bowlers during the heady season of 1986 in England’s Lord’s and Leeds. Vengsarkar going almost down on his knee, with head bent over the ball and a full swing of his arms dispatching it between cover point and extra cover was a sight to savour.
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