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'''Swaroop Kishen Reu''' (13 July 1930 &ndash; 21 November 1992) was an Indian [[Test cricket]] [[umpire (cricket)|umpire]].<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/30627.html |title=Swaroop Kishen |access-date=16 May 2014 |work=ESPN Cricinfo}}</ref> His name is sometimes spelled "Swarup Kishan".<br />
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He was born in [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (princely state)|Jammu and Kashmir]]. He played cricket as a [[wicketkeeper]] [[batsman]] at [[Delhi University]]. He became a lawyer, working in the [[Auditor-General's Office]].<br />
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He umpired in [[first-class cricket]] from 1969 to 1984, including the final of the [[Duleep Trophy]] in 1981/2 and of the [[Ranji Trophy]] in 1982/3. He also umpired in [[List A]] cricket, including the final of the [[Deodhar Trophy]] in 1980/1.<br />
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He stood in 17 Test matches between 1978 and 1984, equalling the Indian record set by [[B. Satyaji Rao]] in 1979, but subsequently 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. His bulky white-coated body and habit of [[chewing tobacco]] made him instantly recognisable.<br />
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He first stood as a Test umpire in the 2nd Test between [[India national cricket team|India]] and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] at [[M Chinnaswamy Stadium]] in [[Bangalore]] in December 1978, with [[Mohammad Ghouse]]. He also stood in the 4th Test, at [[MA Chidambaram Stadium]] in [[Chepauk]], [[Madras]], in January 1979, with [[Jiban Ghosh (umpire)|Jiban Ghosh]]. He also stood in the 1st and 5th Tests against [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] later in 1979, and the 1st, 4th and 5th Tests against [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in 1979/80. The first day of the first India-Pakistan Test, also in Bangalore, was interrupted when a swarms of bees flew over the field, and the players and umpires threw themselves to the ground to escape.[http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/84138.html]<br />
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Controversy attended the final day of the rain-affected 1st Test against Pakistan in Bangalore in September 1983. A minimum of 77 overs were due to be bowled, but Kishen and [[Madhav Gothoskar]] informed Pakistan captain [[Zaheer Abbas]] that all 20 of the overs due when the final hour of play started had to be completed. However, Zaheer Abbas led his team off the field after the 14th over (the 77th over of the day) but was persuaded to return to allow Indian captain [[Sunil Gavaskar]] to reach his 28th Test century.[http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/257761.html]<br />
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India only lost two of the Tests he umpired, both against West India in 1983. He was standing at the other end at [[Bombay]] in November 1983 when [[Desmond Haynes]] was give out "[[handled the ball]]" - the fourth in Test history.<br />
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His last Test, and also his last first-class match, as an umpire was played between India and [[England national cricket team|England]] at [[Wankhede Stadium]] in Bombay in November 1984.<br />
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He also stood in 6 [[One-day International]]s between 1981 and 1985, including 3 in [[Sharjah (city)|Sharjah]], and umpired one [[Women's Test cricket|Women's Test]], played between [[Australia women's cricket team|Australia]] and [[India women's cricket team|India]] at [[Feroz Shah Kotla]] in [[Delhi]] in January 1984.<br />
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He was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] for his services to cricket. He died in [[Delhi]] from cancer.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[List of Test cricket umpires]]<br />
* [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/30627.html Profile] from [[Cricinfo]]<br />
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/267176.html Duplicate profile] from [[Cricinfo]]<br />
*[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39527/statistics_lists.html Lists of matches] from CricketArchive<br />
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