Will umpire at Trent Bridge and The Oval in August this year
Inducted into the ICC Elite Panel, the first India Umpire after Venkataraghavan
Inducted into the ICC Elite Panel, the first India Umpire after Venkataraghavan
Following
a largely successful performance in the two tests between England and New Zealand,
Madras based umpire S Ravi has been awarded the last two tests of the Ashes
later this English Summer to be played at Trent Bridge and The Oval. This will
be Ravi’s first Ashes series.
Almost
all of the reviews against Ravi’s decisions in the just concluded series in
England were negated, a big endorsement to his decision making abilities.
For
Ravi who had thus far been predominantly umpiring in one-dayers and T20s, umpiring
in an Ashes series will be a big leap into the next big league in the umpiring
world.
This
section had earlier last month written about the prospects of Ravi umpiring in
the Ashes if he had a good early summer series in England (http://prtraveller.blogspot.in/2015/05/umpire-ravi-debuts-at-lords.html).
Former Elite Panel Umpire Simon Taufel, who was also the official ICC appointed mentor for Ravi a couple of years back recently spoke about the quality of the Indian umpires with a need to give them the confidence and the opportunity to perform at the highest level.
The
nomination of Ravi for the last two tests of the summer is an indication that
the ICC has been happy with his performance in the closely fought series in
England in May that saw results in both the tests.
The
Ashes nomination is a fair reward for Ravi’s performances in the early part of
the summer.
prtraveller had written about Ravi just before his debut test series in 2013
http://prtraveller.blogspot.in/2013/08/s-ravi-set-for-umpiring-test-debut.html
PS: Late on Thursday, a few hours after this story was written, Ravi was also elevated to the Elite Panel, the first Indian to feature after S Venkataraghavan.
prtraveller had written about Ravi just before his debut test series in 2013
http://prtraveller.blogspot.in/2013/08/s-ravi-set-for-umpiring-test-debut.html
PS: Late on Thursday, a few hours after this story was written, Ravi was also elevated to the Elite Panel, the first Indian to feature after S Venkataraghavan.
4 comments:
Great story. Of course ,you spot talent much before Simon Taufel!
Congrats
This is a great recognition for Ravi! Good to see the Madras boy on the big stage.
Nice Review. Good on you.
Absolutely delighted that Ravi got into the ICC Elite panel .Very happy for him and I know for sure what it takes to get into that
Elite group of umpires.It is a terrific achievement .His hard work,perseverance and the desire to perform at the highest level have paid rich dividends.
Nobody can be more happier than me and I wish Ravi the very best in all his future endeavours..Good luck and best wishes.
Kalyanasundaram B from Chennai
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