Sports world is in mourning, former umpire Vikram Raju breathed his last at the age of 92.

New Delhi: A very sad news has come out from the Indian cricket world. Former international umpire V. Vikram Raju, who witnessed one of the most exciting and historic matches in cricket history, passed away on Sunday. He was 92 years old. Karnataka State Cricket Association has expressed deep condolences on his demise. The association said in its statement that Vikram Raju served the game of cricket with complete honesty for many decades.

The historic decision that changed history

Vikram Raju’s name is forever recorded in the pages of cricket history. He mainly received M.A. from Chennai in the year 1986. Chidambaram Stadium is remembered for the historic test match played between India and Australia. This match was only the second ‘tied test’ in cricket history. Earlier in the year 1960, the first tied test was played between Australia and West Indies in Brisbane.

target of 348 runs

In that final and breath-taking moment of the Chennai Test, India had a target of 348 runs to win. In the last moments of the match, the Indian team was standing at 347 runs and needed only 1 run to win. Whereas Australia needed 1 wicket to tie the match.

Maninder Singh given out LBW

Australian spinner Greg Matthews’ ball hit Maninder Singh’s pad. Umpire Vikram Raju gave out LBW to Maninder Singh. With this decision, the Indian innings was reduced to 347 runs and the match was tied. After this historic and tough decision, Vikram Raju had to face criticism for a long time.

Contribution to umpiring and cricket

If we look at Vikram Raju’s entire career, he had umpired in 2 Test matches and 5 ODI matches at the international level. Apart from this, his contribution to domestic cricket was incomparable. Where he played the role of umpire in a total of 42 first class matches.

Didn’t stay away from cricket even after retirement

Even after retiring from on-field umpiring, Vikram Raju did not stay away from cricket. He continued his contribution to the game as a match referee. Under which he supervised 4 first class matches. Along with this, he also handled the responsibilities of match referee and umpiring in the Karnataka Premier League at the local level.