Shavir Tarapore

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Personal information
Full name Shavir Keki Tarapore
Born 26 December 1957 (1957-12-26) (age 54)
Calcutta, India
Batting style Right-handed
Bowling style Right-arm leg break
Role Umpire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 0 (-–-)
ODIs umpired 9 (1999–present)
T20Is umpired 2 (2009–present)
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 20
Batting average 5.00
100s/50s 0/0
Top score 15
Balls bowled 474
Wickets 9
Bowling average 37.66
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 2/38
Catches/stumpings 3/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 December 2009

Shavir Tarapore, (born 26 December 1957), is an Indian One Day International and Twenty20 cricket umpire, who has umpired 9 ODIs and 2 T20Is.

Shavir Tarapore first stood in an International ODI in 1999. He has since umpired 9 ODIs and 2 T20Is.

He also played a few games for Karnataka in a career spanning from 1980/81 to 1986/87. He played 6 matches, scoring 20 runs with a high score of 15. He also picked up 9 wickets with his legbreaks at an average of 37.66. He took 3 catches in those 6 games.

Shavir Tarapore was inducted into the ICC's International Panel of Umpires, as a replacement for Suresh Shastri.

His father, the Late Mr. Keki Tarapore, was Indian cricketer Rahul Dravid's childhood coach.

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