Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (pronunciationⓘ (born 21 April 1945), also known as Venkat, is an Indian former international cricketer and umpire.
He was the second bowler since Jim Laker to take the wickets of all ten opposition batsman in a single test match when he did so against New Zealand in March 1965 while becoming the youngest player to take a ten wicket haul in a match during the time.
[7] Venkataraghavan played only three test matches in the next three years, two against West Indies at home in 1966 and one against England in Birmingham in 1967.
[6] Venkataraghavan made a comeback to the Indian side in the home series against New Zealand and Australia in October–November 1969 taking 23 wickets in seven matches.
[6] Post the home season, he did not play any test matches for almost 15 months before he made a return during Indian tour of West Indies in February 1971.
[11] Venkataraghavan was the captain of the Indian team that appeared in the first Cricket World Cup in 1975 in England.
[13] Post the World Cup, Venkataraghavan played in the away series against West Indies in March–April 1976 taking seven wickets in three tests.
[13] Venkataraghavan played all six matches in the home series against West Indies which started in December 1979.
[23] He finished with 156 wickets in 57 test matches in a career spanning more than 18 years, the third longest for any Indian player behind Sachin Tendulkar and Lala Amarnath.
[24] In domestic cricket, Venkataraghavan made his debut for Tamil Nadu in 1963-64 season and went on to represent the team for more than twenty years till 1984-85.
He was one of the famed Indian quartet of spin bowlers in the 1970s along with Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishan Singh Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna).
[25] All four spinners played together in a lone match forced by injury meaning that the competition was high for one or two spots on the Indian team and hence longer breaks when a particular bowler was not favored.