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Gayathri Venugopalan
Personal information
Full nameGayathri Venugopalan
Born (1979-06-07) 7 June 1979 (age 47)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
RoleUmpire
Umpiring information
WTests umpired1 (2024)
WODIs umpired8 (2022–2025)
WT20Is umpired26 (2022–2026)
FC umpired3 (2023–2024)
Source: ESPNcricinfo, 16 December 2024

Gayathri Venugopalan (born 7 June 1979) is an Indian cricket umpire.[1] She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup.[2][3] She was one of the on-field umpire in 2025 Under-19 Women's T20 World Cup to officiate in semi-final along with Nitin Bathi.[4]

On 10 January 2023, she along with Vrinda Rathi and Narayanan Janani became the first woman umpires to stand as an on-field umpire in a men's domestic fixture in India, when she was one of the umpires in the match between Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh in the 2022–23 Ranji Trophy.[5]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Gayathri Venugopalan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
  2. "Match officials announced for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025". CricTracker. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
  3. "Match Officials for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 Announced". Female Cricket. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
  4. "Match officials announced for semi-finals of ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
  5. "Women umpires Rathi, Janani and Gayathri make history in Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

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