Sundaram Ravi

{{short description|Indian cricket umpire}}

{{Use Indian English|date=March 2015}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Sundaram Ravi

| image =

| country = India

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|4|22|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Bangalore, Mysore State, India

| fullname = Sundaram Ravi

| batting =

| bowling =

| role = Umpire

| umpire = true

| testsumpired = 33

| umptestdebutyr = 2013

| umptestlastyr = 2019

| odisumpired = 48

| umpodidebutyr = 2011

| umpodilastyr = 2019

| t20isumpired = 26

| umpt20idebutyr = 2011

| umpt20ilastyr = 2019

| wodisumpired = 7

| umpwodidebutyr = 2007

| umpwodilastyr = 2013

| wt20isumpired = 11

| umpwt20idebutyr = 2010

| umpwt20ilastyr = 2023

| fcumpired = 58

| umpfcdebutyr = 1992

| umpfclastyr = 2020

| listaumpired = 54

| umplistadebutyr=1993

| umplistalastyr = 2022

| t20umpired = 195

| umpt20debutyr = 2007

| umpt20lastyr = 2022

| date = 31 March 2023

| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sundaram-ravi-33135 ESPNcricinfo

}}

Sundaram Ravi (born 22 April 1966) is an Indian cricket umpire who was a member of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires between 2015 and 2019.{{cite web|title=Sundaram Ravi |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/9/9495/9495.html|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=6 June 2015|url-access=subscription}} After making his Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut in 2011, he officiated in over 100 international matches at Test, One Day International (ODI) and T20I level.{{cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/33135.html|title=Sundaram Ravi, Profile|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 June 2015}}{{cite web|title=Records / Indian Premier League / Most matches as an umpire|url=http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/individual/most_matches_umpire.html?id=117;type=trophy|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=9 August 2012}}

He was elevated to the Elite Panel of ICC Umpires in 2015 and became only the second Indian umpire after Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan to be a member of the Elite panel.{{cite news|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci-icc/content/story/884193.html|title=S Ravi and Chris Gaffaney in Elite Panel|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=6 June 2015}} He was selected as one of the twenty umpires to stand in matches during the 2015 Cricket World Cup.{{cite press release|url= http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|title= ICC announces match officials for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015|publisher=International Cricket Council|date= 2 December 2014|access-date= 12 February 2015|url-status= dead|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150330201852/http://www.icc-cricket.com/news/2014/media-releases/83319/icc-announces-match-officials-for-icc-cricket-world-cup-2015|archive-date= 30 March 2015 }}

In April 2019, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires to stand in matches during the 2019 Cricket World Cup.{{cite press release|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1198051 |title=Match officials for ICC Men's Cricket World Cup 2019 announced |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=26 April 2019}} In July 2019, Ravi was removed from Elite Panel of Umpires.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/109144/umpire-s-ravi-no-longer-part-of-icc-elite-panel|title=Umpire S Ravi no longer part of ICC Elite Panel|work=Cricbuzz|date=31 July 2019}} He was one of the twelve umpires to officiate matches in the 2019 ICC T20 World Cup Qualifier tournament in the United Arab Emirates.{{cite press release|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1412092 |title=Match Officials announced for ICC Men's T20 World Cup Qualifier 2019 |publisher=International Cricket Council |access-date=10 October 2019}}