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Dilip Vengsarkar honoured to get BCCI's Lifetime Achievement award

Updated on: 22 November,2014 04:38 AM IST  | 
Harit N Joshi | sports@mid-day.com

Former India skipper elated after being given prestigious award

Dilip Vengsarkar honoured to get BCCI's Lifetime Achievement award

Deserving winner: BCCI's interim president Shivlal Yadav (left) presents the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award to Dilip Vengsarkar in Bandra yesterday. Pic/PTI.

Life came a full circle for Dilip Vengsarkar after he was bestowed the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award at a glittering Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) annual awards function in Bandra yesterday.


Dilip Vengsarkar
Deserving winner: BCCI's interim president Shivlal Yadav (left) presents the Col CK Nayudu Lifetime Achievement award to Dilip Vengsarkar in Bandra yesterday. Pic/PTI.


The former India skipper, who received a standing ovation, said after receiving the award from BCCI interim president and former India teammate Shivlal Yadav: “It feels great to be a part of a great list who have received this award. It is a great honour.”


Those early days...
Vengsarkar, who also served as chairman of selectors in 2006 to 2008, recalled his early days in cricket: “I started with Podar College and then started to play with Dadar Union (Sporting Club) where I rubbed shoulders with a lot of stalwarts. It helped me grow faster as a cricketer.

“I went on to play for Mumbai which is a dream for every cricketer. Mumbai has a rich tradition. There too, I got to play with the greats of the game. “The ultimate thing was to play for India. I have enjoyed every innings of my time with the Indian team,” signed off Vengsarkar.

The BCCI also recognised Rohit Sharma with a special award for his second double ton in ODIs — a world-record score of 264 against Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens in Kolkata recently.

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