ICC congratulates Aleem Dar on completing 200 ODIs - Press Release issued by International Cricket Council.

Dubai -- May 07, 2019 (PPI-OT)

Following is the text of press release issued by International Cricket Council (ICC)

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) has congratulated Aleem Dar of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Umpires for completing 200 One Day Internationals in the second match of the Ireland tri-series between Bangladesh and the West Indies in Dublin on Tuesday.

The 50-year-old Dar first officiated in an ODI in his hometown of Gujranwala in 2000 when he stood in a match between Pakistan and Sri Lanka. He has been part of ICC's elite panels since 2004 and will be officiating in his fifth World Cup during the upcoming edition in England and Wales from 30 May to 14 July 2019.

Dar's career highlights include standing in two ICC Men's Cricket World Cup finals - in 2007 and 2011. He has also umpired in 125 Test matches, which is the second highest after Steve Bucknor's 128 Tests, and his 43 Twenty20 Internationals are the highest by any umpire. He is only the third to get to the milestone after Rudi Koertzen...