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Ravi Chaturvedi is an Indian sports commentator and author of twenty books on Cricket, including ''World Cup Cricket: A Compendium'', known to be first Indian sports commentator in Hindi. He was honored by the Government of India, in 2012, with the fourth highest Indian civilian award of Padma Shri. ==Biography== Ravi Chaturvedi hails from Delhi and is a former faculty member of Zoology for forty years at Zakir Husain Delhi College, University of Delhi.〔〔 In 1960, the Government of India decided to have Hindi coverage of all major sporting events and Ravi Chaturvedi joined All India Radio as its first Hindi commentator in 1962.〔〔 Over the years, he has covered 102 Tests and 215 ODIs in cricket, apart from other sporting events.〔〔 He has also been associated with Doordarshan, BBC and Voice of America, for sports coverage.〔 He has assisted UNESCO and World Wide Fund for Nature in an international project ''Naming of Cricketing Countries based on their Endangered Animal for Fostering Peace, International Understanding and Promoting Environmental Protection''.〔 Chaturvedi has authored 20 books on cricket of which 15 are in English and the rest in Hindi.〔 Some of his notable works are: * World Cup Cricket: A Compendium〔 * Millennium's Greatest Indian Cricketers * Cricket Ke Sitare (The Stars of Cricket) * The Complete Book of West Indies-India Test Cricket * Legendary Indian Cricketers (Men, Moments and Memories) * Cricket Ki Rochak Baten (Cricket - Interesting Facts) * World Cup Cricket He has also contributed to the book, ''Sojourners to Settlers'', writing on the topic, ''Contribution of the Indo-West Indians to Caribbean Cricket''.〔 He writes editorials and columns for Hindustan Times, an English language daily from India.〔 He is known to have friendly ties with renowned cricketers such as Sunil Gavaskar, Garry Sobers, Wesley Hall, Glenn Turner, Clive Lloyd and Alvin Kallicharan.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ravi Chaturvedi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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