Gayathri Venugopalan
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gayathri Venugopalan |
| Born | 7 June 1979 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Role | Umpire |
| Umpiring information | |
| WTests umpired | 1 (2024) |
| WODIs umpired | 3 (2022–2024) |
| WT20Is umpired | 21 (2022–2024) |
| FC umpired | 3 (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
- ^ "Gayathri Venugopalan". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ "Match officials announced for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025". CricTracker. Retrieved 13 January 2025.
- ^ "Match Officials for ICC U19 Women's T20 World Cup 2025 Announced". Female Cricket. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
- ^ "Match officials announced for semi-finals of ICC Women's U19 T20 World Cup". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 4 February 2025.
- ^ "Women umpires Rathi, Janani and Gayathri make history in Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2023.
External links
Media related to Gayathri Venugopalan at Wikimedia Commons- Gayathri Venugopalan at ESPNcricinfo