Dilip Vengsarkar
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Dilip Vengsarkar is a former Indian cricketer and elegant right-handed batsman who was one of the mainstays of India’s batting lineup in the late 1970s and 1980s.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dilip Vengsarkar canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5737610 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dilip Vengsarkar Context triple: [Mumbai cricket team, hasProducedPlayer, Dilip Vengsarkar]
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A.
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli is a former Indian cricketer known for his prolific batting in the early 1990s, including two double centuries in Test cricket.
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B.
Suresh Tendulkar
Suresh Tendulkar was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and economic policy, and for chairing the committee that introduced a widely used methodology for estimating poverty in India.
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C.
Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar is a former Indian cricketer and fast bowler known for his impactful performances in both One Day Internationals and Tests, as well as his later role as a national selector.
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D.
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was a renowned Indian playwright, screenwriter, and journalist, celebrated for his powerful and socially critical Marathi plays.
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E.
Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji
Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji was an Indian maharaja of Nawanagar and statesman known for his leadership during the British Raj and his humanitarian efforts, including sheltering Polish refugees during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Dilip Vengsarkar Target entity description: Dilip Vengsarkar is a former Indian cricketer and elegant right-handed batsman who was one of the mainstays of India’s batting lineup in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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A.
Vinod Kambli
Vinod Kambli is a former Indian cricketer known for his prolific batting in the early 1990s, including two double centuries in Test cricket.
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B.
Suresh Tendulkar
Suresh Tendulkar was a prominent Indian economist known for his influential work on poverty measurement and economic policy, and for chairing the committee that introduced a widely used methodology for estimating poverty in India.
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C.
Ajit Agarkar
Ajit Agarkar is a former Indian cricketer and fast bowler known for his impactful performances in both One Day Internationals and Tests, as well as his later role as a national selector.
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D.
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar
Vijay Dhondopant Tendulkar was a renowned Indian playwright, screenwriter, and journalist, celebrated for his powerful and socially critical Marathi plays.
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E.
Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji
Digvijaysinhji Ranjitsinhji was an Indian maharaja of Nawanagar and statesman known for his leadership during the British Raj and his humanitarian efforts, including sheltering Polish refugees during World War II.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Indian cricketer
ⓘ
human ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Arjuna Award
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Padma Shri ⓘ |
| battingPosition | number three ⓘ |
| battingStyle | right-handed batsman ⓘ |
| captainedTeam | India national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | India ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1956-04-06 ⓘ |
| eraOfProminence |
1980s
ⓘ
late 1970s ⓘ |
| familyName | Vengsarkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Dilip Vengsarkar Cricket Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fullName | Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| givenName | Dilip NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
elegant batting style
ⓘ
strong technique against fast bowling ⓘ |
| nationality | Indian ⓘ |
| nickname | Colonel ⓘ |
| odiBattingAverage | 34.73 ⓘ |
| odiCenturies | 1 ⓘ |
| odiDebutAgainst | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiDebutDate | 1976-02-21 ⓘ |
| odiDebutFor | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| odiHalfCenturies | 23 ⓘ |
| odiMatchesPlayed | 129 ⓘ |
| odiRunsScored | 3508 ⓘ |
| participatedIn |
1983 Cricket World Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
1987 Cricket World Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Rajapur, Maharashtra, India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Chairman of selectors, Indian national cricket team
ⓘ
Vice-president, Mumbai Cricket Association ⓘ |
| representedTeam |
Bombay cricket team
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
India national cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Mumbai cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Railways cricket team NERFINISHED ⓘ Rest of the World XI NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| role | batsman ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sport | cricket ⓘ |
| testBattingAverage | 42.13 ⓘ |
| testCenturies | 17 ⓘ |
| testDebutAgainst | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testDebutDate | 1976-01-24 ⓘ |
| testDebutFor | India NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| testHalfCenturies | 35 ⓘ |
| testMatchesPlayed | 116 ⓘ |
| testRunsScored | 6868 ⓘ |
| wasCaptainFrom | 1987 ⓘ |
| wasCaptainUntil | 1989 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dilip Vengsarkar Description of subject: Dilip Vengsarkar is a former Indian cricketer and elegant right-handed batsman who was one of the mainstays of India’s batting lineup in the late 1970s and 1980s.
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