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	'''B. Satyaji Rao''' (16 October 1929 – 28 September 2021) was an Indian [[Test cricket]] [[umpire (cricket)\|umpire]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Reporter\|first=Sports\|date=28 September 2021\|title=Veteran cricket umpire Satyaji Rao passes away\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/veteran-cricket-umpire-satyaji-rao-passes-away/article36723667.ece\|access-date=29 September 2021\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|title=ಕೊನೆಯುಸಿರೆಳೆದ ಭಾರತದ ಟೆಸ್ಟ್‌ ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ ಅಂಪೈರ್ ಸತ್ಯಾಜಿ ರಾವ್\|url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/cricket-sports/indias-famous-test-cricket-umpire-b-satyaji-rao-dies-at-91-kvn-r05efq\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 September 2021\|website=[[Suvarna News\|Asianet Suvarna News]]\|language=kn}}</ref>		'''B. Satyaji Rao''' (16 October 1929 – 28 September 2021) was an Indian [[Test cricket]] [[umpire (cricket)\|umpire]].<ref>{{Cite news\|last=Reporter\|first=Sports\|date=28 September 2021\|title=Veteran cricket umpire Satyaji Rao passes away\|language=en-IN\|work=The Hindu\|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/veteran-cricket-umpire-satyaji-rao-passes-away/article36723667.ece\|access-date=29 September 2021\|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|last=\|title=ಕೊನೆಯುಸಿರೆಳೆದ ಭಾರತದ ಟೆಸ್ಟ್‌ ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ ಅಂಪೈರ್ ಸತ್ಯಾಜಿ ರಾವ್\|url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/cricket-sports/indias-famous-test-cricket-umpire-b-satyaji-rao-dies-at-91-kvn-r05efq\|url-status=live\|access-date=29 September 2021\|website=[[Suvarna News\|Asianet Suvarna News]]\|language=kn\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928142504/https://kannada.asianetnews.com/cricket-sports/indias-famous-test-cricket-umpire-b-satyaji-rao-dies-at-91-kvn-r05efq \|archive-date=28 September 2021 }}</ref>

	He was born in [[Bangalore]], [[British Raj]]. He was an umpire in [[first-class cricket]] from 1956 to 1981. He umpired the final of the [[Ranji Trophy]] five times – 1963–64, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76 – and the final of the [[Duleep Trophy]] four times – 1964–65, and three years running, 1971–72, 1972–73, and 1973–74.		He was born in [[Bangalore]], [[British Raj]]. He was an umpire in [[first-class cricket]] from 1956 to 1981. He umpired the final of the [[Ranji Trophy]] five times – 1963–64, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76 – and the final of the [[Duleep Trophy]] four times – 1964–65, and three years running, 1971–72, 1972–73, and 1973–74.

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{{short description|Indian Test cricket umpire}}
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'''B. Satyaji Rao''' (16 October 1929 – 28 September 2021) was an Indian [[Test cricket]] [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]].<ref>{{Cite news|last=Reporter|first=Sports|date=28 September 2021|title=Veteran cricket umpire Satyaji Rao passes away|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/veteran-cricket-umpire-satyaji-rao-passes-away/article36723667.ece|access-date=29 September 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=|title=ಕೊನೆಯುಸಿರೆಳೆದ ಭಾರತದ ಟೆಸ್ಟ್‌ ಕ್ರಿಕೆಟ್ ಅಂಪೈರ್ ಸತ್ಯಾಜಿ ರಾವ್|url=https://kannada.asianetnews.com/cricket-sports/indias-famous-test-cricket-umpire-b-satyaji-rao-dies-at-91-kvn-r05efq|url-status=live|access-date=29 September 2021|website=[[Suvarna News|Asianet Suvarna News]]|language=kn}}</ref>

He was born in [[Bangalore]], [[British Raj]]. He was an umpire in [[first-class cricket]] from 1956 to 1981. He umpired the final of the [[Ranji Trophy]] five times – 1963–64, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76 – and the final of the [[Duleep Trophy]] four times – 1964–65, and three years running, 1971–72, 1972–73, and 1973–74.

He stood in 17 Test matches between 1960 and 1979, setting an Indian record subsequently equalled by [[Swaroop Kishen]] in 1984 and then surpassed by [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|VK Ramaswamy]] (26 matches between 1985 and 1999) and [[Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan]] (73 matches between 1993 and 2004). All of the Test matches he umpired were played in India.

He first stood as a Test umpire in the 3rd Test between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]] at [[Eden Gardens]] in [[Calcutta]] in December 1960, with [[Santosh Ganguli]]. His last Test as an umpire was the 6th Test between India and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[Green Park Stadium|Modi Stadium]] in [[Kanpur]] in February 1979, with [[Ram Punjabi|P. R. Punjabi]].

B. Satyaji Rao died in Bengaluru on 28 September 2021 at the age of 92.<ref>{{cite news |title=Veteran umpire Badami Satyaji Rao passes away |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/badami-satyaji-rao-passes-away-veteran-cricket-umpire/article36721771.ece |access-date=3 October 2021 |work=Sportstar |date=28 September 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/34941.html Profile] from [[Cricinfo]]
* [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/40/40841/statistics_lists.html Lists of matches] from CricketArchive

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