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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>

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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