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V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)

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He stood regularly in Test matches in India until 1988, and also in the second and third Tests in Pakistan in November 1986 between Pakistan and West Indies. The first of these matches was the first to have two neutral umpires – Ramaswamy and fellow Indian umpire,
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there was a hiatus of more than 4 years before he returned as umpire in the second Test between India and England in February 1993, in Madras.
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for failing to defuse the tension between the sides which led to the game being abandoned after bowler
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between November 1983 and January 2002, mainly in India – only 7 of his Test matches were overseas.
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to ensure that one neutral umpire would stand in every Test match (later supplemented by the
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as "One of the biggest upsets in cricket history." His last ODI was the second between
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described the incident as "the most shameful moment in the history of Indian cricket".
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He made his Test umpiring debut in January 1985, in the fourth Test between India and
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After his 12th Test as umpire, the second Test between India and New Zealand at
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in Sri Lanka and Pakistan, including the match on 29 February 1996 in which
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His final Test was the third Test between India and New Zealand at
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in 1991, 1998 and 1999. In the 1991 Duleep Trophy final, between
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boundary, with Lamba using his bat to fend off Patel's blows.
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in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1994, and 1997 and the final of the
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unexpectedly beat West Indies by 73 runs, described by
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He made his ODI debut as an umpire in the match between
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