Anil Chaudhary (umpire)

{{Short description|Indian cricket umpire (born 1965)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Anil Chaudhary | image = | country = India | fullname = Anil Kumar Chaudhary | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|3|12|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Delhi]], India | death_date = | death_place = | role = [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpire]] | umpire = true | testsumpired = 4 | umptestdebutyr = 2021 | umptestlastyr = 2022 | odisumpired = 27 | umpodidebutyr = 2013 | umpodilastyr = 2023 | t20isumpired = 44 | umpt20idebutyr = 2013 | umpt20ilastyr = 2023

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'''Anil Chaudhary''' (born 12 March 1965) is an Indian [[umpire (cricket)|cricket umpire]].<ref name="Bio">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/265839.html |title=Anil Chaudhary |access-date=17 May 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He stood in his first [[Twenty20 International]] (T20I) on 10 October 2013, in a match between [[Australian cricket team in India in 2013–14|India and Australia]].<ref name="T20I">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/647247.html |title=Australia tour of India, Only T20I: India v Australia at Rajkot, Oct 10, 2013 |access-date=24 March 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> His first [[One Day International]] (ODI) as an umpire, between [[West Indian cricket team in India in 2013–14|India and the West Indies]], was played on 27 November 2013.<ref name="ODI">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/676533.html |title=West Indies tour of India, 3rd ODI: India v West Indies at Kanpur, Nov 27, 2013 |access-date=24 March 2017 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He was one of the 17 on-field umpires for the [[2018 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]].<ref name="2018U19">{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/586590 |title=Match officials appointed for U19 Cricket World Cup |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=4 January 2018}}</ref> In January 2020, he was named as one of the sixteen umpires for the [[2020 Under-19 Cricket World Cup]] tournament in South Africa.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/1563523 |title=Match officials named for ICC U19 Cricket World Cup |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=8 January 2020}}</ref>

In January 2021, the [[International Cricket Council]] (ICC) named him as one of the on-field umpires for the [[English cricket team in India in 2020–21#1st Test|first Test]] match between [[English cricket team in India in 2020–21|India and England]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-news/115969/nitin-menon-home-umpire-india-vs-england-test-series |title=Anil Chaudhary, Virender Sharma set to debut as umpires in Tests |work=CricBuzz |access-date=28 January 2021}}</ref> On 5 February 2021, he stood in his first Test as an onfield umpire, between India and England.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1243384.html |title=1st Test, Chennai, Feb 5 - Feb 9 2021, England tour of India |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/sports/cricket/story/two-indian-umpires-to-officiate-in-a-test-for-1st-time-after-1994-1766023-2021-02-04 |title=Chennai Test: For 1st time since February 1994, 2 Indian umpires will stand in a Test match in India |work=India Today |access-date=5 February 2021}}</ref>

On 27 September 2023, he officiated an ODI between [[Indian national cricket team|India]] and [[Australia]], the last match he stood as an umpire. Later, he was replaced by [[Rohan Pandit]] in the [[International Panel of ICC Umpires]] for the 2023–24 season.

==See also== * [[List of Test cricket umpires]] * [[List of One Day International cricket umpires]] * [[List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]

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