Madhav Gothoskar

{{Short description|Indian cricket umpire (born 1929)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2014}}

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| country = India

| fullname = Madhav V. Gothoskar

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1929|10|30|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bombay, British India

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| testsumpired = 14

| umptestdebutyr = 1973

| umptestlastyr = 1983

| odisumpired = 1

| umpodidebutyr = 1981

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| date = 6 July

| year = 2013

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29186.html ESPNcricinfo

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Madhav Gothoskar (born 30 October 1929) is an Indian former cricket umpire, born in Bombay.

In his international umpiring career, Gothoskar stood in 14 Test matches from 1973 to 1983. He officiated in his only ODI game in 1981.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/29186.html |title= Madhav Gothoskar |access-date=2013-07-06 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} In all, he umpired 58 first-class matches between 1967 and 1983.{{cite web |title=Madhav Gothoskar as Umpire in First-Class Matches |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/39/39024/Umpire_in_First-Class_Matches.html |website=CricketArchive |access-date=27 September 2024}}

During a Test in Bangalore in September 1983, after Zaheer Abbas led the Pakistan team off the field late on the last day in the mistaken belief that the match should be declared over at that point, Gothoskar told him to bring the team back onto the field or the match would be awarded to India. The Pakistan team returned to the field.

Gothoskar wrote his umpiring memoirs, The Burning Finger, in 1992.Wisden 1994, p. 1308.{{cite news |last1=Williamson |first1=Martin |title=Zaheer's Bangalore walk-off |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/zaheer-s-bangalore-walk-off-257761 |access-date=27 September 2024 |work=Cricinfo |date=26 August 2006}} In 2021, he was honoured for his contribution to Indian cricket by the Cricketers' Foundation.{{cite news |title=Veteran umpire Madhav Gothoskar felicitated at his Pune residence |url=https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/madhav-gothoskar-sunil-gavaskar-umpire-domestic-test-match-pune-cricketers-foundation/article34851735.ece |access-date=1 January 2024 |publisher=Sportstar |date=18 June 2021}}