Born on 31^st August 1969 in Hassan district, Karnataka, Javagal Srinath is one of the most successful Indian pace bowlers and the second to take 200 Test wickets next to Kapil Dev. He is now an official ICC Match referee. Known for his accuracy and good length bowling, Javagal Srinath has achieved numerous feats during his active playing career.

A glimpse at his achievements:-

• Made his debut in the first-class cricket in 1989–90 season for Karnataka where he took a hat-trick in the first innings against Hyderabad and finished the season with 25 wickets in 6 matches
• Received total of seven "Man of the Match" awards in seven Test Crickets and five ODI matches during his playing career
• Javagal Srinath is the fastest Indian pace bowler to take 300 wickets in ODI.
• Jointly (with Zaheer Khan) holds the record of taking the highest number of wickets (44) in World Cups for India
• He ranked 9th in India for taking most 5 wickets hauls (10).
• Recipient of "Arjuna Award" in 1999
• He is the second to Steve Waugh for having the highest number of not outs (9) in World Cups. 
• He has over 500 first-class wickets for Karanatka on his name.
• He had played for Gloucestershire in 1995 where he took 87 wickets during that season. He also played English county cricket with Leicestershire and Durham.