Dilip Vengsarkar

I was really surprised to read this about Vengsarkar on cricinfo. Just thought i should share this with you all...
An amazing feat considering the fact that throughout this entire period he battled for the clear underdogs.


Dilip Vengsarkar (1986-87)
The elegant but unassuming Vengsarkar is perhaps not the first man you'd think of when searching for a worldbeater, but for 18 months in the mid-1980s he was peerless as the rock of India's fortunes at that pivotal No. 3 position. In 16 Tests he accumulated 1668 runs at 104.25, including his third century in three appearances at Lord's and a brilliant 102 not out at Headingley to set up India's last significant series victory outside the subcontinent. And that was just for starters - next came three scores in excess of 150 in consecutive Tests against Australia and Sri Lanka, 96 against Pakistan, and two more hundreds in three matches against the mighty West Indies.