Former International Cricket Council (ICC) umpire Asad Rauf from Pakistan passed away in Lahore.
According to Kirkinfo, Asad Rauf was 66 years old. He suffered a fatal heart attack between Wednesday and Thursday night.
Asad Rauf umpired in 64 Test matches, out of which 15 matches were served as TV umpires.
Similarly, he also umpired in 139 ODIs and 28 T20 matches.
He umpired in his first Test match last year while he was on the ODI panel since 2004.
He performed the duties of umpiring in the first one-day match in the year 2000.
He was an important figure in the world of cricket who, along with Aleem Dar, played an important role in improving the reputation of Pakistan's umpires before neutral umpires.
In 2003, Asad Rauf's career took a turn for the worse when he was named a 'advertised accused' by the Mumbai Police, which was investigating the IPL spot-fixing case, where Asad Rauf was umpiring at the time.
Asad Rauf left India before the end of the IPL, but was subsequently dropped by the ICC from the Champions Trophy and asked to be dropped from the elite panel at the end of the year.
In 2016, the BCBI banned Asad Rauf for five matches for inappropriate behavior and corruption.
Before becoming an umpire, Asad Rauf was also a first-class cricketer for Pakistan. He was a middle-order batsman, playing for National Bank and Railways.
Asad Rauf played 71 first-class matches in which his average was 28.78.
