Viswanadan Kalidas

{{short description|Malaysian cricket umpire}}

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{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Viswanadan Kalidas

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| country = Malaysia

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|2|12|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Ipoh, Perak, Malaysia

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| role = Umpire

| umpire = true

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| t20isumpired = 94

| umpt20idebutyr = 2019

| umpt20ilastyr = 2025

| wodisumpired = 5

| umpwodidebutyr = 2022

| umpwodilastyr = 2023

| wt20isumpired = 49

| umpwt20idebutyr = 2018

| umpwt20ilastyr = 2024

| date = 1 February 2024

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/328028.html ESPNcricinfo

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Viswanadan Kalidas (born 12 February 1972) is a Malaysian cricket umpire.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/328028.html |title=Viswanadan Kalidas |access-date=22 July 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo}} He is a member of the Development Panel of ICC Umpires,{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/about/cricket/match-officials/umpire-panels |title=ICC Umpire Panels |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=22 July 2019}} and was the first Malaysian umpire to be appointed to the ICC Development Panel.{{cite web|url=https://www.cricketmalaysia.com/kalidas-appointed-to-icc-development-panel-umpires/ |title=Kalidas appointed to ICC Development Panel Umpires |work=Cricket Malaysia |access-date=22 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://duniasukan.com/kalidas-viswanathan-umpire-kriket-malaysia-di-pentas-dunia/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807033410/https://duniasukan.com/kalidas-viswanathan-umpire-kriket-malaysia-di-pentas-dunia/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=7 August 2020 |title=Viswanadan Kalidas – Umpire Kriket Malaysia Di Pentas Dunia |work=Duni Sukan |access-date=22 July 2019}}

His men's Twenty20 International (T20I) umpiring debut, on 22 March 2019, was in a match between Papua New Guinea and the Philippines, in the Regional Finals of the 2018–19 ICC T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier tournament. Kalidas has also officiated in five women's ODI and 41 women's T20I matches.{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1176792.html |title=1st Match, ICC World Twenty20 East Asia-Pacific Region Final at Port Moresby, Mar 22 2019 |access-date=22 July 2019 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}