{"id":153189,"date":"2023-07-28T13:44:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:14:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=153189"},"modified":"2023-07-28T13:44:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T08:14:52","slug":"indias-nidhi-buley-and-ritika-among-four-females-to-enter-bcci-umpiring-panel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/indias-nidhi-buley-and-ritika-among-four-females-to-enter-bcci-umpiring-panel\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s Nidhi Buley and Ritika among four females to enter BCCI umpiring panel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>India\u2019s Nidhi Buley and Ritika among four females to enter BCCI umpiring panel:<\/strong> The Indore-based Buley sisters, <strong>Nidhi and Ritika Buley,<\/strong> are among the four retired female cricketers who have made their way into the BCCI umpires\u2019 panel with a distinction. Nidhi represented India in a Test and an ODI in 2006, while her younger sister Ritika represented Madhya Pradesh in 31 First-Class games. The BCCI conducted the exam for retired cricketers from June 10-13 and the result was declared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/daily-current-affairs-and-quiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Daily Current Affairs Quiz: July 2023<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Overview of the news:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To make the cut, candidates needed to score more than 120 points out of 150, and Nidhi and Ritika both passed with flying colours, scoring 133.5 and 133 points, respectively.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>V Kritika from Tamil Nadu and Ankita Guha of Vidarbha were the other females who were elevated to the BCCI panel, taking the overall number of BCCI-empanelled women umpires to seven.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nikhil Patil of Mumbai Cricket Association topped the exam with 147 marks.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earlier this year, the trio of Vrinda Rathi, N Janani and V Gayathari made history by becoming the first-ever women umpires to officiate in the prestigious Ranji Trophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>About the Nidhi and Ritika Buley<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born into a sporting family, both Nidhi and Ritika want to represent India in the umpiring world for different reasons. The elder sister did not have a long career for India and missed out on playing at the prestigious Lord&#8217;s, whereas Ritika, who was unable to reach the greatest level as a player, wished to join the large club as a match official. Their inspiration is another Indore-based cricketer turned umpire, Nitin Menon, who is the only Indian in the ICC elite panel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 31-year-old Ritika also wants to umpire in both men and women games and climb to the highest level. Umpiring remains a male dominated territory and Ritika hopes for a change in the foreseeable future. Nidhi, on the other hand, had moved to Jharkhand from MP in her playing days and represented the former while appearing for the umpiring exam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>India\u2019s Nidhi Buley and Ritika among four females to enter BCCI umpiring panel: The Indore-based Buley sisters, Nidhi and Ritika Buley, are among the four retired female cricketers who have made their way into the BCCI umpires\u2019 panel with a distinction. 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