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	'''Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan''' ({{audio\|Srinivas_Venkataraghavan.ogg\|pronunciation}} (informally '''Venkat''', born 21 April 1945)<ref name=Birth>{{cite web \|title=Birthday's today \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421211724/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 April 2011 \|work=The Telegraph~~\|location=London~~ \|access-date=21 April 2014 \|date=21 April 2011 \|quote=Mr Srinivas Venkataraghavan, former India cricketer, 66}}</ref> is an Indian former [[cricket]]er. He captained the [[Indian cricket team]] at the first two [[Cricket World Cup\|ICC Cricket World Cups]], and later became an [[umpire (cricket)\|umpire]] on the elite [[International Cricket Council]] Test panel.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/657430 \|title=International cricketers turned umpires \|work=International Cricket Council \|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35656.html\|title=Player Profile: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan \|last=Ramchand \|first=Partab \|publisher=CricInfo \|access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/celebrating-venkataraghavan-a-man-of-many-parts/articleshow/75263072.cms \| title=Celebrating Venkataraghavan, a man of many parts \| ~~work~~=[[The Times of India]] \| ~~author~~=Ruchir Mishra \| date=21 April 2020 \| accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref> He also played for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club\|Derbyshire]] in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975. A qualified engineer and an alumnus of Chennai's famed [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref name="Guindy Alumnus">{{cite web \|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%207/the-mr-versatile-of-indian-cricket.html \|title=The Mr. Versatile of Indian cricket}}</ref> he is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 ~~July~~ 2015}}</ref> He received the [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award\|C. K. Nayudu Award]] in 2004, the highest honour bestowed by [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] on a former player.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=2013-12-18 \|title=C.K. Nayudu award for Kapil Dev \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ck-nayudu-award-for-kapil-dev/article5474173.ece \|access-date=2023-04-25 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>		'''Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan''' ({{audio\|Srinivas_Venkataraghavan.ogg\|pronunciation}} (informally '''Venkat''', born 21 April 1945)<ref name=Birth>{{cite web \|title=Birthday's today \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421211724/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 April 2011 \|work=The Telegraph \|access-date=21 April 2014 \|date=21 April 2011 \|quote=Mr Srinivas Venkataraghavan, former India cricketer, 66}}</ref> is an Indian former [[cricket]]er. He captained the [[Indian cricket team]] at the first two [[Cricket World Cup\|ICC Cricket World Cups]], and later became an [[umpire (cricket)\|umpire]] on the elite [[International Cricket Council]] Test panel.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/657430 \|title=International cricketers turned umpires \|work=International Cricket Council \|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35656.html\|title=Player Profile: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan \|last=Ramchand \|first=Partab \|publisher=CricInfo \|access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/celebrating-venkataraghavan-a-man-of-many-parts/articleshow/75263072.cms \| title=Celebrating Venkataraghavan, a man of many parts \| publisher=[[The Times of India]] \| work=Ruchir Mishra \| date=21 April 2020 \| accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref> He also played for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club\|Derbyshire]] in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975. A qualified engineer and an alumnus of Chennai's famed [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref name="Guindy Alumnus">{{cite web \|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%207/the-mr-versatile-of-indian-cricket.html \|title=The Mr. Versatile of Indian cricket}}</ref> he is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

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	Venkataraghavan is an engineering graduate from [[Madras University]].<ref>{{cite web \| last =Chatterjee \| first =Abhijit \| title =Goodbye to a glorious innings \| work =The Sunday Tribune \| publisher =The Tribune Trust \| date =22 February 2004 \| url =http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040222/spectrum/main5.htm \| access-date =3 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title =Academic framework for an industry Integration – The Anna University Factor \| work =About Us \| publisher =SSIET \| year =2009 \| url =http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| access-date =3 April 2012 \| url-status =dead \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120127085352/http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| archive-date =27 January 2012 }}</ref>		Venkataraghavan is an engineering graduate from [[Madras University]].<ref>{{cite web \| last =Chatterjee \| first =Abhijit \| title =Goodbye to a glorious innings \| work =The Sunday Tribune \| publisher =The Tribune Trust \| date =22 February 2004 \| url =http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040222/spectrum/main5.htm \| access-date =3 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title =Academic framework for an industry Integration – The Anna University Factor \| work =About Us \| publisher =SSIET \| year =2009 \| url =http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| access-date =3 April 2012 \| url-status =dead \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120127085352/http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| archive-date =27 January 2012 \| df =dmy-all }}</ref>

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	'''Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan''' ({{audio\|Srinivas_Venkataraghavan.ogg\|pronunciation}} (informally '''Venkat''', born 21 April 1945)<ref name=Birth>{{cite web \|title=Birthday's today \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421211724/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 April 2011 \|work=The Telegraph \|access-date=21 April 2014 \|date=21 April 2011 \|quote=Mr Srinivas Venkataraghavan, former India cricketer, 66}}</ref> is an Indian former [[cricket]]er. He captained the [[Indian cricket team]] at the first two [[Cricket World Cup\|ICC Cricket World Cups]], and later became an [[umpire (cricket)\|umpire]] on the elite [[International Cricket Council]] Test panel.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/657430 \|title=International cricketers turned umpires \|work=International Cricket Council \|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35656.html\|title=Player Profile: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan \|last=Ramchand \|first=Partab \|publisher=CricInfo \|access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/celebrating-venkataraghavan-a-man-of-many-parts/articleshow/75263072.cms \| title=Celebrating Venkataraghavan, a man of many parts \| ~~publisher~~=[[The Times of India]] \| ~~work~~=Ruchir Mishra \| date=21 April 2020 \| accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref> He also played for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club\|Derbyshire]] in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975. A qualified engineer and an alumnus of Chennai's famed [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref name="Guindy Alumnus">{{cite web \|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%207/the-mr-versatile-of-indian-cricket.html \|title=The Mr. Versatile of Indian cricket}}</ref> he is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=July 21, ~~2015~~}}</ref>		'''Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan''' ({{audio\|Srinivas_Venkataraghavan.ogg\|pronunciation}} (informally '''Venkat''', born 21 April 1945)<ref name=Birth>{{cite web \|title=Birthday's today \|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421211724/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html \|url-status=dead \|archive-date=21 April 2011 \|work=The Telegraph\|location=London \|access-date=21 April 2014 \|date=21 April 2011 \|quote=Mr Srinivas Venkataraghavan, former India cricketer, 66}}</ref> is an Indian former [[cricket]]er. He captained the [[Indian cricket team]] at the first two [[Cricket World Cup\|ICC Cricket World Cups]], and later became an [[umpire (cricket)\|umpire]] on the elite [[International Cricket Council]] Test panel.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/657430 \|title=International cricketers turned umpires \|work=International Cricket Council \|access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web \|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35656.html\|title=Player Profile: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan \|last=Ramchand \|first=Partab \|publisher=CricInfo \|access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/celebrating-venkataraghavan-a-man-of-many-parts/articleshow/75263072.cms \| title=Celebrating Venkataraghavan, a man of many parts \| work=[[The Times of India]] \| author=Ruchir Mishra \| date=21 April 2020 \| accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref> He also played for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club\|Derbyshire]] in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975. A qualified engineer and an alumnus of Chennai's famed [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref name="Guindy Alumnus">{{cite web \|url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%207/the-mr-versatile-of-indian-cricket.html \|title=The Mr. Versatile of Indian cricket}}</ref> he is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web \|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf \|title=Padma Awards \|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India \|date=2015 \|access-date=21 July 2015}}</ref> He received the [[C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award\|C. K. Nayudu Award]] in 2004, the highest honour bestowed by [[Board of Control for Cricket in India\|BCCI]] on a former player.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news \|date=2013-12-18 \|title=C.K. Nayudu award for Kapil Dev \|language=en-IN \|work=The Hindu \|url=https://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/ck-nayudu-award-for-kapil-dev/article5474173.ece \|access-date=2023-04-25 \|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

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	Venkataraghavan is an engineering graduate from [[Madras University]].<ref>{{cite web \| last =Chatterjee \| first =Abhijit \| title =Goodbye to a glorious innings \| work =The Sunday Tribune \| publisher =The Tribune Trust \| date =22 February 2004 \| url =http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040222/spectrum/main5.htm \| access-date =3 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title =Academic framework for an industry Integration – The Anna University Factor \| work =About Us \| publisher =SSIET \| year =2009 \| url =http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| access-date =3 April 2012 \| url-status =dead \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120127085352/http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| archive-date =27 January 2012 ~~\| df =dmy-all~~ }}</ref>		Venkataraghavan is an engineering graduate from [[Madras University]].<ref>{{cite web \| last =Chatterjee \| first =Abhijit \| title =Goodbye to a glorious innings \| work =The Sunday Tribune \| publisher =The Tribune Trust \| date =22 February 2004 \| url =http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040222/spectrum/main5.htm \| access-date =3 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web \| title =Academic framework for an industry Integration – The Anna University Factor \| work =About Us \| publisher =SSIET \| year =2009 \| url =http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| access-date =3 April 2012 \| url-status =dead \| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120127085352/http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php \| archive-date =27 January 2012 }}</ref>

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| fullname = Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
| nickname = Venkat
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| testdebutagainst = New Zealand
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| umpfclastyr = 2004
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'''Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan''' ({{audio|Srinivas_Venkataraghavan.ogg|pronunciation}} (informally '''Venkat''', born 21 April 1945)<ref name=Birth>{{cite web |title=Birthday's today |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110421211724/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/archive/2011-4-21.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 April 2011 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=21 April 2014 |date=21 April 2011 |quote=Mr Srinivas Venkataraghavan, former India cricketer, 66}}</ref> is an Indian former [[cricket]]er. He captained the [[Indian cricket team]] at the first two [[Cricket World Cup|ICC Cricket World Cups]], and later became an [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]] on the elite [[International Cricket Council]] Test panel.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/657430 |title=International cricketers turned umpires |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=7 April 2018}}</ref> His Test career was one of the longest for any Indian player.<ref name="cricpro">{{cite web |url=http://www.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35656.html|title=Player Profile: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan |last=Ramchand |first=Partab |publisher=CricInfo |access-date=2009-09-24}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/celebrating-venkataraghavan-a-man-of-many-parts/articleshow/75263072.cms | title=Celebrating Venkataraghavan, a man of many parts | publisher=[[The Times of India]] | work=Ruchir Mishra | date=21 April 2020 | accessdate=8 April 2021}}</ref> He also played for [[Derbyshire County Cricket Club|Derbyshire]] in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975. A qualified engineer and an alumnus of Chennai's famed [[College of Engineering, Guindy]],<ref name="Guindy Alumnus">{{cite web |url=http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2023%20No%207/the-mr-versatile-of-indian-cricket.html |title=The Mr. Versatile of Indian cricket}}</ref> he is a recipient of the civilian honour of [[Padma Shri]] in 2003.<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=July 21, 2015}}</ref>

==Playing career==
An [[off spin]] bowler, he was one of the famed [[Indian spin quartet|Indian quartet of spin bowlers]] in the 1970s (the others being [[Bhagwat Chandrasekhar]], [[Bishan Singh Bedi]] and [[E.A.S. Prasanna|Erapalli Prasanna]]).<ref name="cricpro" /> He was also a useful tail-end batsman and strong at close fielding.<ref name="cricpro" /> Venkat came on to the Test scene at the age of 20 when he was selected to play against the touring [[New Zealand cricket team|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.<ref name="cricpro" />

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.<ref name="cricpro" />

== 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 [[Eden Gardens|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 [[International Cricket Council|ICC]] created an [[Elite Panel of ICC Umpires|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 [[The Ashes|Ashes]] Tests and appointments to three [[Cricket World Cup|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 [[Australian cricket team|Australia]] and [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]] at [[Lord's]]. In total he officiated on-field in 73 Test matches and 52 One-day Internationals during his career.<ref name="cricpro" />

==Education==
Venkataraghavan is an engineering graduate from [[Madras University]].<ref>{{cite web | last =Chatterjee | first =Abhijit | title =Goodbye to a glorious innings | work =The Sunday Tribune | publisher =The Tribune Trust | date =22 February 2004 | url =http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040222/spectrum/main5.htm | access-date =3 April 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title =Academic framework for an industry Integration – The Anna University Factor | work =About Us | publisher =SSIET | year =2009 | url =http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php | access-date =3 April 2012 | url-status =dead | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20120127085352/http://www.siet.ac.in/academic.php | archive-date =27 January 2012 | df =dmy-all }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Test cricket umpires]]
* [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
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