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Why It’s Time To Appreciate And Applaud Indian Cricket Umpires

When India last had an umpire on the ICC elite panel, the country had just returned from a tour of Pakistan, Sourav Ganguly was the national cricket captain, and Virat Kohli was just a regular Delhi adolescent commuting between school and Feroz Shah Kotla. The landscape of cricket - and sportsmen - has altered considerably in the last 11 years. Since former World Cup skipper Srinivas Venkatraghavan quit the panel in 2004, the noticeable absence of an Indian in the exclusive club of international umpires has not changed. The Elite Panel was established in 2002, although just one India | Click Here...