Asad Rauf, a former elite panel umpire for the ICC, had a highly controversial career conclusion. The 66-year-old, who runs a secondhand clothing and shoe store in Landa Bazaar in Lahore, was charged with accepting bribes from bookmakers, taking gifts and betting on IPL 2013 games. Speaking to Cricket Pakistan, Rauf refuted all allegations and disclosed that he had a judge’s ruling to support his innocence.
“The supposed incident occurred in 2013 and BCCI were asleep for three years. They opened up an inquiry in 2016 and it was a forced inquiry because there was no truth to it”, he said.
“They failed to present any substantial proof against me and I still have the judge’s verdict which states that any proof or evidence against Asad’s case is missing in charge”.
“I told ICC that I will be handing in my resignation after 2013. I am answerable to ICC and not to the BCCI; if the BCCI wanted to lodge a one-side case against me in India then that’s on them. Because as far as I am concerned, the ICC never took charge of the situation because there was no truth to these allegations to begin with”, he explained.
Pakistani umpire and former cricketer, Asad Rauf holds back the dream of being the cricket fraternity. Asad was recently spotted in his shop which he runs after quitting his cricketing career as a full-time umpire.
Asad Rauf was reportedly banned by BCCI in 2016 after determining that he had engaged in corrupt behaviour and interfered with the game of cricket.
