The third umpire of the fourth Check of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, Sharfuddoula Saikat, precipitated a stir along with his decision-making on Day 5 on the Melbourne Cricket Floor (MCG). The 48-year-old Bangladeshi third umpire made a debatable resolution as India’s opener Yashasvi Jaiswal was given out caught behind regardless of there being no spike on the snickometer.
At that stage, the Indian group nonetheless had an opportunity to attract the match with Jaiswal on the crease. The Indian batter was given not out by on-field umpire Joel Wilson and the Australians selected to assessment straightaway. Whereas there was no spike detected by the snickometer Saikat seen a deflection and overruled the choice which noticed the again of Jaiswal and the dashing of India’s hopes of saving the Check match.
Saikat began his journey as a participant and was greater than a succesful left-arm spinner. He additionally performed three matches for Bangladesh through the 1994 ICC Trophy which was a match to make sure qualification for the World Cup. The Dhaka-born had some first rate performances throughout this match, selecting up six wickets at a median of 18.66 and an economic system of 4.17. Other than this, he had a brief however first rate first-class report as nicely with 31 wickets from 10 matches averaging 23, and having two five-wicket hauls to his title.
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Although Saikat couldn’t play extra worldwide video games he turned his consideration to umpiring. He has officiated in each Males’s and Girls’s worldwide video games. Saikat has umpired in 15 Checks, 63 ODIs, 52 T20Is, 13 WODIs, and 28 WT20Is as an on-field umpire and was a part of the 2023 Girls’s U-19 World Cup and 2023 ODI World Cup, too.
Saikat changed legendary South African umpire Marais Erasmus to develop into the primary Bangladeshi umpire to develop into part of the ICC Elite Panel of Umpires.
Saikat additionally has an MBA diploma in Human Useful resource Administration from American College-Bangladesh.
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