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Narayanan Janani (born 28 April 1985) is an Indian cricket umpire. She is currently a member of Development Panel of ICC Umpires. She was one of the female umpires named by the ICC to stand in matches in the 2023 ICC Women's T20 World Cup.

On 10 January 2023, she along with Vrinda Rathi and Gayathri Venugopalan became the first woman umpires to stand as an on-field umpire in a men's domestic fixture in India, when she was one of the umpires in the match between Tripura and Railways in the 2022–23 Ranji Trophy.

References

1. "Narayanan Janani". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 13 February 2023.
2. "India's Janani Narayanan and Vrinda Rathi named in ICC Panel". BCCI. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
3. "Rathi and Janani become a part of ICC development Panel of umpires". Female Cricket. Retrieved 18 March 2020.
4. "Indian umpires Janani Narayanan, Vrinda Rathi named in ICC panel". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
5. "Historic feat: All-female panel to officiate at the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
6. "All-female match official group announced for ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 27 January 2023.
7. "Women umpires Rathi, Janani and Gayathri make history in Ranji Trophy". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 January 2023.

External links

• Narayanan Janani at ESPNcricinfo

• 1985 births
• Living people
• Women cricket umpires
• Indian cricket umpires
• Indian Twenty20 International cricket umpires
• Indian One Day International cricket umpires