The end of a colorful cricket personality, whose umpiring of every international cricket match became colorful, he is now a memory Lane. Asad Rauf, the most famous umpire in the history of cricket, has gone to the land of no return. He died of a heart attack at the age of 66. He managed 170 international cricket matches.
As an umpire, out of 170 matches, he was the umpire in 59 Tests, 99 ODIs, and 23 T20 matches. He was also a member of the ICC Elite Umpire Panel from 2006 to 2013.
Pakistani wicket keeper-batter Kamran Akmal took to Twitter to convey his condolences. "Sad to know about the news of former ICC umpire Asad Rauf's demise" he wrote.
However, his cricket life was not above controversy, he was accused of match fixing in 2016 and was suspended for five years after being accused of corruption.
