G. S. Lakshmi

Quick Facts

Full Name	G. S. Lakshmi
Occupation	Coach
Date Of Birth	May 23, 1968(1968-05-23)
Age	56
Birthplace	Rajahmundry
Country	India
Birth City	Andhra Pradesh
Horoscope	Gemini

G. S. Lakshmi Biography

G. S. Lakshmi is one of the most popular and richest Coach who was born on May 23, 1968 in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh, India.

Lakshmi played for several domestic teams including Andhra Women, Bihar Women, Railways Women, East Zone Women and South Zone Women between 1989 and 2004. Lakshmi got married in 1991. She received a call-up to the Rest of India team on her wedding day but chose to take a sabbatical from cricket. She returned to cricket with the South Central Railways team and helped them win the inter- Railways title for the first time in 1995. She was selected in the squad for the India women’s national cricket team’s tour of England in 1999, but did not play a single match. Lakshmi retired from cricket in 2004.

After her retirement, Lakshmi served as coach of the South Central Railways team until 2014. Lakshmi first officiated as a match referee in domestic women’s cricket in the 2008-09 season. She was among a group of five female referees who made their debuts during the season after the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) allowed female referees for the first time in domestic cricket. Lakshmi was the only one among the group to have not played for the India national team. She was among five female candidates shortlisted through the BCCI’s qualification exam for match referees in 2014. Subsequently, she was permitted to officiate boys’ and men’s domestic games. Lakshmi issued her first Code-of-Conduct penalty in a match between UP and Bengal in the under-19 Cooch Behar Trophy. The BCCI recommended her for appointment to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees in 2018.

G. S. Lakshmi Net Worth

G. S. Lakshmi is one of the richest Coach from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, G. S. Lakshmi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Lakshmi was born to a Brahmin family in Rajahmundry, Andhra Pradesh on 23 May

1968. She grew up in Jamshedpur where her father worked for the Tata Engineering and Locomotive Company (now Tata Motors). Lakshmi began playing cricket in Tata Nagar. She was initially denied admission to the Jamshedpur Women’s College in 1986 due to her “terribly poor marks” in 10th board examinations. However, her father requested her to tryout for the college’s sports quota. She was able to secure admission to Jamshedpur Women’s College who felt that she could be their frontline fast bowler. She moved to Hyderabad in 1989 after securing a job with South Central Railway and subsequently began playing for the South Central Railways cricket team.

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Who is G. S. Lakshmi Dating?

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Facts & Trivia

Gudrun Ranked on the list of most popular Coach. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in India. G. S. Lakshmi celebrates birthday on May 23 of every year.

Who is GS Laxmi?

India’s GS Lakshmi, the first woman ever in the ICC international panel of match referees , will be the match referee for the Women’s World Cup final between England and Australia here on Sunday.

Why was India's GS Lakshmi in news recently?

She was the first Indian to play cricket for an English County Club. She became the first female ICC match referee. She was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award for the year 2019.

Who is the first woman match referee?

GS Lakshmi has the distinction of being the first woman match referee in men’s ODIs, having stood in the role during the World Cup League 2 in the UAE in December 2020.

Who was the first Indian to score a century in Test cricket?

CompetitionTestFirst-class
100s/50s| 1/4| 31/39
Top score| 118| 262
Balls bowled| 4,241| 29,474
Wickets| 45| 463

Who was India's first woman umpire?

The correct answer is GS Lakshmi. India’s GS Lakshmi has become the first- ever woman referee to be appointed on the ICC International Panel of Match Referees. Lakshmi’s appointment follows close on the heels of Claire Polosak, who became the first female umpire to stand in a men’s One-Day International.