Dilip Vengsarkar questions the scheduling of the Irani Cup
Updated On: 11 February, 2019 08:24 AM IST | Mumbai | Clayton Murzello
Irani Cup, held at the end of the season, makes no sense to Dilip Vengsarkar, who became an India star through this annual fixture in 1975
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Bombay's Dilip Vengsarkar cuts Rest of India pacer Chetan Sharma in the 1984-85 Irani Cup match at the Kotla in Delhi. Rest, led by Kapil Dev, won this fixture by four wickets. Pic/MIDDAY ARCHIVES
The Irani Cup, the annual fixture between Ranji Trophy champions and Rest of India, launched Dilip Vengsarkar as the new star of Indian cricket in 1975. Batting for Bombay, a few days after his duck-on-debut in the Ranji Trophy game against Gujarat at Bulsar, Vengsarkar smashed 110 in 113 minutes with 11 fours and seven sixes to help Bombay go well past Rest of India's first innings total of 210 (Padmakar Shivalkar's 6-74 and Karsan Ghavri's 3 for 61).
The Vidarbha team pose with the Irani Cup after beating Rest of India in Nagpur last year. Pic/PTI
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