Aleem Dar breaks record for most ODIs as an umpire.
Aleem Dar on Sunday broke the record for the most One-Day Internationals as umpire when he stood in the second ODI between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Rawalpindi. This is the 210th ODI of his career.
He overtook Rudi Koertzen, the umpire from South Africa, who stood in 209 ODIs.
The Pakistani umpire already holds the record for the most internationals as an umpire (387), and the most Test matches as an umpire (132). The first ODI he stood in was a contest between Pakistan and Sri Lanka in Gujranwala, in February, 2000.
Aleem is second in the leaderboard for T20Is (46), behind compatriot Ahsan Raza (49).
Dar, who played 17 first-class matches, mainly as a legspinner, between 1986-87 and 1997-98 and also turned out in 18 List A games.
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