TESTS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  116  185  22  6868  166   42.13  17  35   78   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               7.5    1    36    0    -     -      0   0    -   4.59

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (career)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  129  120  19  3508  105   34.73  67.73   1  23   37   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling               1      0     4    0    -     -      0   0    -   4.00

FIRST-CLASS
 (career: 1975/76 - 1991/92)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  260  390  52 17868  284   52.86  55  87  179   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling               199   126    1 126.00  1-31    0   0 199.0  3.79

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (career: 1975/76 - 1991/92)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  174  162  25  4835  105   35.29   1  35   51   0

                    Balls     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling                12     8    0    -     -      0   0    -   4.00

Profile

He may be called the Lord of Lord's for he is the only non English batsman to score three successive hundreds at what is called the 'Mecca of Cricket.' A former Indian captain, he is among the elite list of ten players who have been nominated as top performers at the Lord's ground. Well, Vengsarkar got three successive hundreds on the ground in each of the Tests played in 1979, 1982, and 1986. On playing at Lord's, Vengsarkar says "It’s every cricketer’s dream to play at Lord’s. I was no exception. I consider myself fortunate to get three hundreds because all I wanted to do was to play there." Humble words from a humble person, but not humble in deeds. The tall, stylish right hander from Mumbai made scores of 0 & 103 in 1979, 2 & 157 in 1982 and 126 (not out) and 33 in 1986. In the four Test matches that Vengsarkar played at Lord's, he made 508 runs at an average of 72.57. He made 52 and 35 in his last Test appearance at the ground in 1990.

Looking back at each of Vengsarkar's innings at Lord's, his first in 1979 turned out to be a fighting one, helping India salvage a draw. Vengsarkar's 210-run partnership with Gundappa Viswanath saved India when all seemed lost after they had finished 323 runs in arrears on the first innings. Tall and upright, Vengsarkar was the one who lead from the front. This knock won him the Man of the match. After this knock he naturally took a special liking for the ground.

In 1982, a majestic 157 from `The Colonel' could not help India from losing. Coming in at a situation not dissimilar to 1979, Vengsarkar helped India reach a respectable second innings total with the help of Kapil Dev. His knock was an absolute delight to watch. Coming in when the first wicket fell at six, after India were following on 305 runs behind, he was seventh out at 254. The Mumbai player, now 44, rates his first hundred as most satisfying for it was scored under difficult conditions. Talking to a web site, Vengsarkar said England were a competitive side those days. ``All the three teams I played were nearly equally good. The bowling attacks were efficient and since conditions favoured the seamers, it was not easy to play them. Mike Hendrick, John Lever and Botham formed a very good attack in ’79, probably the best of the three. In ’82, Bob Willis was a key factor. Phil Edmonds, a good spinner, was around in '86. Botham was not there in ‘86, which weakened their attack.''  Vengsarkar missed a place in the team which played in the 1983 World Cup final. India won the trophy, beating holders West Indies. Vengsarkar, who had played in the league matches, missed the semifinal against England and the final.