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Gazi Sohel

Gazi Sohel

Cricket umpire

For the Bangladeshi cricketer, see Gazi Sohel (cricketer).

Gazi Sohel (Bengali: গাজী সোহেল, born 13 August 1979), also known as Gazi Ashraful Afsar Sohel, is a Bangladeshi cricket umpire.[1]

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Umpiring Career

Sohel has stood as an umpire in matches in the Bangladesh Premier League between 2012 and 2017.[2] He was involved in a few on-field controversial decisions in Dhaka Premier League matches.[3][4]

In November 2018, he was selected in the ICC International Panel of Umpires.[5] In December 2018, he made his debut as an international umpire during the West Indies tour of Bangladesh.[6] In January 2021 he umpired in his first One Day International (ODI) match, between Bangladesh and the West Indies cricket team.[7] He was one of the umpires for the 2022 Asia Cup.

In July-August, 2023, he officiated matches as an on-field umpire in 2023 Lanka Premier League, becoming the second Bangladeshi umpire to officiate matches in a foreign Twenty20 franchise league.[8]

In January 2024, He was named as one of the sixteen match officials for 2024 Under-19 Cricket World Cup.[9]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Gazi Sohel". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    "Bangladesh Premier League, 1st Match: Comilla Victorians v Chittagong Vikings at Dhaka, Nov 8, 2016". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 8 November 2016.
  3. [3]
    Mohammad Isam. "Doleshwar-Abahani match postponed after incident with umpires". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  4. [4]
    Mohammad Isam. "Sylhet lodge complaint after seven-ball over in tight loss". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 28 November 2017.
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    "Two more Bangladeshi umpires added to ICC's Umpire Panel". Dhaka Tribune. Retrieved 19 November 2018.
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    বাংলাদেশের দুই আম্পায়ারকে আইসিসির সুখবর. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 17 November 2018.
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    "2nd ODI, Dhaka, Jan 22 2021, ICC Men's Cricket World Cup Super League". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  8. [8]
    "JK vs CLS, Lanka Premier League 2023, 1st Match at Colombo, July 30, 2023 - Full Scorecard". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 July 2023.
  9. [9]
    "Match officials confirmed ahead of ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup 2024". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 10 January 2024.


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