Former umpire Dara Dotiwalla, who stood in the Madras tied Test between India and Australia in September 1986 Alagappan Muthu / © ESPNcricinfo Ltd
Former umpire Dara Dotiwalla, who stood in the famous tied Test in Chennai between India and Australia in 1986, has died aged 85 on Wednesday. He officiated in six Tests and eight ODIs from 1982 to 1988.
Dotiwalla, who made his umpiring debut in the India-England Test in Kanpur in 1982, is best remembered for officiating the tied Test along with umpire V Vikramraju. The match ended with Vikramraju controversially adjudging India’s No. 11 Maninder Singh lbw to Greg Matthews to end a match in a tie for only the second time in Test cricket.
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Dotiwalla’s first ODI as an umpire was the fixture between India and Sri Lanka in Bengaluru in 1982, while his last one was India versus New Zealand in 1988 in Cuttack. The Delhi Test between India and West Indies in 1987 was his last assignment as a Test umpire.
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