B. Satyaji Rao (16 October 1929 – 28 September 2021) was an Indian

Test cricket Test cricket is a Forms of cricket, format of the sport of cricket, considered the game’s most prestigious and traditional form. Often referred to as the "ultimate test" of a cricketer's skill, endurance, and temperament, it is a format of i ...

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. He was born in

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. He was an umpire in

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from 1956 to 1981. He umpired the final of the

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five times – 1963–64, 1966–67, 1970–71, 1971–72, 1975–76 – and the final of the

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four times – 1964–65, and three years running, 1971–72, 1972–73, and 1973–74. He stood in 17 Test matches between 1960 and 1979, setting an Indian record subsequently equalled by

Swaroop Kishen Swaroop Kishen Reu (13 July 1930 – 21 November 1992) was an Indian Test cricket umpire. His name is sometimes spelled "Swarup Kishan". He was born in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir. He played cricket as a wicketkeeper batsman at Delhi Univers ...

in 1984 and then surpassed by VK Ramaswamy (26 matches between 1985 and 1999) and

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(73 matches between 1993 and 2004). All of the Test matches he umpired were played in India. He first stood as a Test umpire in the 3rd Test between

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and

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in December 1960, with Santosh Ganguli. His last Test as an umpire was the 6th Test between India and

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at Modi Stadium in

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in February 1979, with P. R. Punjabi. B. Satyaji Rao died in Bengaluru on 28 September 2021 at the age of 92.

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