Javagal Srinath is a former Indian cricketer and currently an ICC match referee. He is considered among India’s finest fast bowlers, and was the first Indian fast bowler to take more than 300 wickets in One Day Internationals. With India, Srinath was a member of the Indian team that was the joint-winners of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy, a title they shared with Sri Lanka, and was a member of the team that were runners-up in the 2003 Cricket World Cup.

Srinath was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement, and the second Indian pace bowler after Kapil Dev to take 200 Test match wickets. After Kapil Dev retired, Srinath led the Indian fast-bowling attack for over nine years. He remains India’s second-highest One Day International wicket-taker with 315, second to Anil Kumble. In the four World Cup’s he played in: 1992, 1996, 1999 and 2003, he took 44 wickets and is the joint highest wicket-taker for India in World Cups with Zaheer Khan.

Srinath retired from international cricket after the 2003 Cricket World Cup in South Africa.