Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

Venkataraghavan
Personal information
Full name Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Born (1945-04-21) 21 April 1945
Madras, British India
Nickname Venkat
Batting style Right-hand
Bowling style Right-arm off break
Role Bowler, umpire, captain
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 110) 27 February 1965 v New Zealand
Last Test 24 September 1983 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 9) 13 July 1974 v England
Last ODI 7 April 1983 v West Indies
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1970–1985 Tamil Nadu
1973–1975 Derbyshire
1963–1970 Madras
Umpiring information
Tests umpired 73 (1993–2004)
ODIs umpired 52 (1993–2003)
FC umpired 79 (1990–2004)
LA umpired 56 (1990–2003)
Career statistics
Competition Tests ODI FC LA
Matches 57 15 341 71
Runs scored 748 54 6617 346
Batting average 11.68 10.80 17.73 11.16
100s/50s 0/2 –/– 1/24 0/0
Top score 64 26* 137 26*
Balls bowled 14877 868 83548 3985
Wickets 156 5 1390 64
Bowling average 36.11 108.40 24.14 35.34
5 wickets in innings 3 – 85 0
10 wickets in match 1 n/a 21 n/a
Best bowling 8/72 2/34 9/93 4/31
Catches/stumpings 44/– 4/– 316/– 29/–
Source: Cricket Archive, 10 March 2014

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan ( pronunciation  (informally Venkat, born 21 April 1945)[1] is a former Indian cricketer. He played Test cricket for the Indian cricket team, and later became an umpire on the elite International Cricket Council Test panel. His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.[2] He also played for Derbyshire in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975. A qualified engineer and an alumnus of Chennai's famed College of Engineering, Guindy,[3] he is a recipient of the civilian honour of Padma Shri.[4]

Playing career

An off spin bowler, he was one of the famed Indian quartet of spin bowlers in the 1970s (the others being Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishan Singh Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna).[2] He was also a strong close-in fielder and a useful tail-end bat.[2] Venkat came on to the Test scene at the age of 20 when he was selected to play against the touring New Zealand side. By the end of the series he had emerged as a world-class spinner, taking 12 wickets in the Delhi test that led India to victory. He was the vice-captain of the Indian team that toured the West Indies and England in 1970–71. India won both series. Venkat played an important role, claiming five wickets in the Trinidad Test and 13 wickets in the three Tests in England. He captained India in both the 1975 and 1979 World Cup competitions. He also led India in a four-Test series against England in 1979. In domestic cricket, he led South Zone and Tamil Nadu for over a decade.[2]

Venkat retired from first-class cricket in 1985. He became a cricket administrator and managed the Indian Test side. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2003.[2]

Umpiring career

Venkat made his international umpiring debut in the One Day International between India and England at Jaipur on 18 January 1993. He made his Test umpiring debut in the same month, with the match between India and England at Kolkata. He gained a place on the inaugural International Umpire Panel when it was formed in 1994, and was selected by the International Cricket Council on a regular basis to umpire in Test matches away from home as the neutral umpire. In 2002 the ICC created an Elite Panel of the top eight umpires, who were employed on a full-time basis and would cover all Test match officiating. Venkat was duly included in the inaugural Elite Panel, of which he remained a member until his retirement in January 2004.

The highlights of his umpiring career include six Ashes Tests and appointments to three World Cups in 1996, 1999 and 2003. In both the 1996 and 1999 tournaments he was appointed to stand in a semi-final, and was the third umpire of the 1999 World Cup final between Australia and Pakistan at Lord's. In total he officiated on-field in 73 Test matches and 52 One-day Internationals during his career.[2]

Umpiring statistics

First Last Total
Tests  India v  England at Kolkata, January 1993  South Africa v  West Indies at Centurion, January 2004 73
ODIs  India v  England at Jaipur, January 1993  Australia v  New Zealand at Faridabad, October 2003 52

Education

Venkataraghavan is an engineering graduate from Madras University.[5][6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Birthday's today". The Telegraph. 21 April 2011. Retrieved 21 April 2014. Mr Srinivas Venkataraghavan, former India cricketer, 66
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Ramchand, Partab. "Player Profile: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan". CricInfo. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
  3. ↑ http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%207/the-mr-versatile-of-indian-cricket.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. ↑ "Padma Awards" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India. 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2015.
  5. ↑ Chatterjee, Abhijit (22 February 2004). "Goodbye to a glorious innings". The Sunday Tribune. The Tribune Trust. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
  6. ↑ "Academic framework for an industry Integration – The Anna University Factor". About Us. SSIET. 2009. Retrieved 3 April 2012.
Preceded by
Nawab of Pataudi Jr		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1974/75 (1 Test Match) 		Succeeded by
Nawab of Pataudi Jr
Preceded by
Sunil Gavaskar		 Indian National Test Cricket Captain
1979 		Succeeded by
Sunil Gavaskar
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