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The Times of India
The Times of India
Sport
Gaurav Gupta | TNN

Nitin Menon breaks Venkataraghavan's Indian record for being on-field umpire in most international matches

MUMBAI: Nitin Menon, an ICC Elite panel umpire, has created history by officiating the most number of international matches as an on-field Indian umpire. He surpassed the record held by former India off-spinner Srinivas Venkataraghavan for more than 20 years. The 40-year-old from Indore is currently doing duty in the ongoing T20 World Cup in the USA & West Indies.

Menon has officiated in 23 Tests, 58 ODIs and 45 T20Is (126 matches overall) as an on-field umpire. Venkataraghavan officiated in 73 Tests and 52 ODIs (125 matches) as an on-field umpire.

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