Gayathri Venugopalan
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Fullname
Gayathri Venugopalan
Born7 June 1979
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
RoleUmpire
WTestsumpired1 (2024)
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Gayathri Venugopalan |
| Born | 7 June 1979 Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India |
| Role | Umpire |
| Umpiring information | |
| WTests umpired | 1 (2024) |
| WODIs umpired | 8 (2022–2025) |
| WT20Is umpired | 26 (2022–2026) |
| 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]
