Ravichandran Ashwin
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4. Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan

Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
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Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan is a Former Indian off-spinner who was both meticulous and penetrative. He represented the country from 1965 to 1983.

Talking about stats Venkataraghavan was able to scalp 156 wickets in 57 Tests at an average of 36.11 economy rate of 2.27 and strike rate of 95.30.

He played 15 ODIs for the country and was able to pick only 5 wickets at an average of 108.40 economy of 3.74 and strike rate of 173.60. The reason his ODIs stats look very bad and Test stats look decent is, He was born in an era where the Indian team already had 3 front-line spinners other than him.

Meanwhile, The former Indian off-spinner Srinivasaraghavan Venkatraghvan is a qualified engineer from the College of Engineering, Guindy in Chennai.

Meanwhile, after the retirement from cricket, he became administrator, a manager of the Indian side, and later he took up umpiring, and at one point of time, he was a member of the ICC’s elite panel of umpires. He became one of the most respected officials in the game and said goodbye to umpiring in March 2004 after being the official umpire in 73 Tests and 52 ODIs.

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