Fellow umpire Shastri hails Asad Rauf’s fun-loving ways
Updated On: 16 September, 2022 07:56 AM IST | Mumbai | A Correspondent
He was at the receiving end of a BCCI ban in early 2016 for alleged involvement in corruption
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Suresh Shastri and Asad Rauf
Ex-Ranji Trophy player-turned-international umpire Suresh Shastri called Pakistan umpire Asad Rauf, who succumbed to a cardiac arrest in Lahore on Wednesday night, as a fun-loving umpire.
“I umpired my first Test with Asad [Sri Lanka v Bangladesh at Colombo in 2007] and he never made me feel like a junior [Rauf had been an on-field umpire for 11 Tests before that]. He was a very relaxed personality and never let pressure get to him,” said Shastri, who played first-class cricket for Rajasthan, and Nirlon on the Mumbai club circuit.
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