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Wednesday 31 July 2013

SN Hanumantha Rao, the Former Indian Test Umpire Passed Away at 83

SN Hanumantha Rao, the former Indian Test umpire passed away on 29 July 2013 at a private hospital in Karnataka. He was 83 years of age.  He is survived by his wife, two sons as well as a daughter.

Life Sketch of SN Hanumantha Rao

• SN Hanumantha Rao was born on 4 September 1929.
• He was the umpire in nine Test matches from 1978 to 1983 against England, Pakistan and West Indies.
• He also umpired two ODIs against Sri Lanka and England.
• Apart from this, he remained an umpire in 16 first class matches.
• He had also remained the BCCI Match Referee.
• He debut as the Test umpire was from 1 December 1978 to 6 December 1978 in Mumbai, in a match between India and West Indies.
• His final umpiring in the Test match was also in the India-West Indies match, from 12 November 1983 to 16 November 1983 in Ahmedabad.

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