Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

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In this Indian name, the name Srinivasaraghavan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkataraghavan.
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Personal information
Full name
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Born (1945-04-21) 21 April 1945 (age 79)
Bowler
International information
National side
Test debut (cap 110)27 February 1965 v New Zealand
Last Test24 September 1983 v Pakistan
ODI debut (cap 9)13 July 1974 v England
Last ODI7 April 1983 v West Indies
ODI shirt no.79
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1963–1970Madras
1970–1985Tamil Nadu
1973–1975Derbyshire
Umpiring information
Tests umpired73 (1993–2004)
ODIs umpired52 (1993–2003)
FC umpired79 (1990–2004)
LA umpired56 (1990–2003)
Career statistics
Competition Test ODI FC LA
Matches 57 15 341 71
Runs scored 748 54 6,617 346
Batting average 11.68 10.80 17.73 11.16
100s/50s 0/2 0/0 1/24 0/0
Top score 64 26* 137 26*
Balls bowled 14,877 868 83,548 3,985
Wickets 156 5 1390 64
Bowling average 36.11 108.40 24.14 35.34
5 wickets in innings 3 0 85 0
10 wickets in match 1 0 21 0
Best bowling 8/72 2/34 9/93 4/31
Catches/stumpings 44/– 4/– 316/– 29/–
Source: Cricinfo, 1 November 2023

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (pronunciation

Indian cricket team in test cricket and also at the first two ICC Cricket World Cups in 1975 and 1979. He represented Tamil Nadu and South zone in domestic cricket while also playing for Derbyshire in English county cricket
from 1973 to 1975.

His international career spanned more than 18 years, the third longest for any Indian cricketer. Post his playing career, he later became an umpire on the International Cricket Council elite panel and match referee, standing in more than 150 international matches. He was also a selector, manager, sports commentator and a cricket columnist.

Venkataraghavan holds many records in test and

first class cricket. He was the second bowler since Jim Laker to take the wickets of all ten opposition batsman in a single test match when he did so against New Zealand
in March 1965 while becoming the youngest player to take a ten wicket haul in a match during the time. He is also the second highest wicket taker in first class cricket for India with 1390 wickets in 341 matches.

Venkataraghavan was awarded the

Arjuna award in 1971 and the fourth highest civilian honor, Padma Shri in 2003 by Government of India. He received the C. K. Nayudu Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, the highest award bestowed by BCCI
on a former player.

Early life and family

Venkataraghavan was born 21 April 1945 in

Madras, Madras Presidency, British India (now Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) in a Tamil Iyengar family.[1] He did his bachelors in engineering from College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai.[2][3] He married Ranjani and they have two sons together, Vikram and Vinay.[4]

International career

1965-68: Test debut and early years

Venkataraghavan made his debut for the

Delhi to lead India to victory.[6] He dismissed all New Zealand batters at least once in the match, becoming the second bowler ever to achieve the feat after Jim Laker in 1956.[4] He also became the youngest cricketer to take ten wickets in a test match at the age of 19 years and 332 days which has since been broken by six cricketers including two Indians.[7] Venkataraghavan played only three test matches in the next three years, two against West Indies at home in 1966 and one against England in Birmingham in 1967.[6]

1969-73: Middle years

Venkataraghavan made a comeback to the Indian side in the home series against

Australia in October–November 1969 taking 23 wickets in seven matches.[6] Post the home season, he did not play any test matches for almost 15 months before he made a return during Indian tour of West Indies in February 1971. Venkataraghavan was the top wicket taker in the series victory with 22 wickets in five matches.[8] He was part of the Indian tour of England that followed and was again the leading wicket taker with 13 wickets in three matches leading India to a series win.[9]

1974-78: ODI debut and world cups

Venkataraghavan

away series against Australia.[16] Venkataraghavan was again the captain of the Indian side for the second consecutive world cup in 1979.[17] India again lost all three matches with Venkataraghavan himself taking no wickets.[13]

1979-83: Captaincy and later years

Venkataraghavan played all six matches in the home series against West Indies which started in December 1979. He was the third highest wicket taker with 20 wickets in the Indian series victory.[18] He was captain of the Indian team that toured England in July 1979.[19] India lost the series 1-0 with Venkataraghavan himself having a low return of seven wickets in four matches.[20] He played three matches in the home series against Australia in September–November 1979 taking six wickets in three matches in the 2-0 series victory for India.[21][6] Venkataraghavan sparsely played international matches in the next four years before the Indian tour of West Indies in April 1983 in which he played his last ODI.[22] He finished his ODI career with five wickets in 15 matches.[13] He took ten wickets in the five test matches in the series.[6] Venkataraghavan played his last test match against Pakistan at Jalandhar during the Pakistan tour of India in September 1983.[23] He finished with 156 wickets in 57 test matches in a career spanning more than 18 years, the third longest for any Indian player behind Sachin Tendulkar and Lala Amarnath.[24]

Domestic career

In domestic cricket, Venkataraghavan made his debut for

first class cricket for India.[27] He also played for Derbyshire in English county cricket from 1973 to 1975.[25]

Post retirement

Venkataraghavan made his international umpiring debut in the One Day International between India and England at Jaipur on 18 January 1993.[28] He made his test umpiring debut in the same month, with the match between India and England at Kolkata.[29] He was part of the inaugural panel of International umpires established by International Cricket Council in 1994 and was part of the Elite Panel of top umpires created in 2004.[30] He was an umpire in six Ashes tests and three World Cups in 1996, 1999 and 2003.[31] He was appointed to stand in a semi-final in 1996 and 1999 world cups and was the third umpire of the 1999 Cricket World Cup final between Australia and Pakistan at Lord's.[32][25] He also served as a Match referee in five tests and eight ODIs.[32][31] He also served as a selector, manager, sports commentator and a cricket columnist.[4]

Playing style

Venkataraghavan was an

Erapalli Prasanna).[25] All four spinners played together in a lone match forced by injury meaning that the competition was high for one or two spots on the Indian team and hence longer breaks when a particular bowler was not favored.[4] He was also a useful tail-end batsman and strong fielder.[25]

Career statistics

Wickets

Venkataraghavan took 156 wickets in 57 test matches to go with 1390 wickets in 341 first class wickets.[25]

Venkataraghavan's Test cricket record[6]
  Mat Wickets Bowl Avg. Best 5WI 10WM
Home 32 94 30.64 8/72 2 1
Away 25 62 44.40 5/95 1 0
Total 57 156 36.11 8/72 3 1

Captaincy

Venkataraghavan captained the Indian test side in a single test against West Indies in December 1974 before being appointed as a test captain for the four test series against England in 1979.[10][19] He captained Indian in seven ODIs including the first two cricket world cups in 1975 and 1979.[33]

Venkataraghavan captaincy record[34][33]
Type Matches Won Lost Drawn Tied No result
Test 5 0 2 3 0 0
ODI 7 1 6 0 0 1
Total 12 1 8 3 0 0

Umpire

Venkataraghavan was an umpire as a part of the elite panel of ICC umpires and a match referee. He took part in 78 ODIs and 79 test matches as an official.[31][32]

Venkataraghavan umpiring record[31][32]
Type Umpire TV Umpire Referee Total
ODI 52 18 8 78
Test 73 1 5 79
Total 125 19 13 157

Honors

See also

References

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