{{short description|Indian cricket umpire (born 1989)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Vrinda Rathi | image = Vrinda Rathi.jpg | country = India | fullname = Vrinda Ghanshyam Rathi | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|2|14|df=yes}} | birth_place = [[Navi Mumbai]], India | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | role = [[Umpire (cricket)|Umpire]] | umpire = true | odisumpired = | umpodidebutyr = | umpodilastyr = | t20isumpired = 14 | umpt20idebutyr = 2023 | umpt20ilastyr = 2024 | wtestsumpired = 1 | umpwtestdebutyr = 2023 | umpwtestlastyr = | wodisumpired = 19 | umpwodidebutyr = 2023 | umpwodilastyr = 2026 | wt20isumpired = 55 | umpwt20idebutyr = 2022 | umpwt20ilastyr = 2026 | fcumpired = 3 | umpfcdebutyr = 2023 | umpfclastyr = 2024 | date = 19 November | year = 2024 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/vrinda-rathi-1290109 ESPNcricinfo }} '''Vrinda Ghanshyam Rathi''' (born 14 February 1989) is an Indian [[cricket umpire]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/vrinda-rathi-1290109|title=Vrinda Rathi |accessdate=11 February 2023 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> She is currently a member of [[Development Panel of ICC Umpires]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bcci.tv/articles/2020/news/147175/india-s-janani-narayanan-and-vrinda-rathi-named-in-icc-panel |title=India's Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi named in ICC Panel |website=Board of Control for Cricket in India |access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://femalecricket.com/women-cricket-news/12367-rathi-and-janani-become-a-part-of-icc-development-panel-of-umpires.html|title=Rathi and Janani become a part of ICC development Panel of umpires|work=Female Cricket|access-date=18 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/indian-umpires-janani-narayanan-vrinda-rathi-named-in-icc-panel-1219544 |title=Indian umpires Janani Narayanan, Vrinda Rathi named in ICC panel |work=ESPNcricinfo |access-date=14 February 2023}}</ref> She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the [[2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3039127 |title=Historic feat: All-female panel to officiate at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/news/3038392 |title=All-female match official group announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=27 January 2023}}</ref>
On 10 January 2023, she along with [[Narayanan Janani]] and [[Gayathri Venugopalan]] became the first woman umpires to stand as an on-field umpire in a [[Ranji Trophy|men's domestic fixture in India]], when she was one of the umpires in the match between [[Goa cricket team|Goa]] and [[Pondicherry cricket team|Pondicherry]] in the [[2022–23 Ranji Trophy]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Women umpires Rathi, Janani and Gayathri make history in Ranji Trophy |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/women-umpires-vrinda-rathi-janani-narayanan-and-gayathri-venugopalan-make-history-at-ranji-trophy-1353118 |access-date=10 January 2023 |website=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
In September 2024 she was named as part of an all-female officiating group for the [[2024 ICC Women's T20 World Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/tournaments/womens-t20-worldcup/news/all-female-panel-of-match-officials-announced-for-women-s-t20-world-cup-2024 |title=All-female panel of match officials announced for Women’s T20 World Cup 2024 |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=3 October 2024}}</ref>
==See also== * [[List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{cricinfo|id=1290109}}
{{ICC Associate and Affiliate Umpires Panel}}
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