Pakistani international cricket umpire Aleem Dar said that the reason he never used his right hand for giving decision, despite being a right handed, is because he does not want to use his “Shahadat finger” to give decision as decisions can be wrong anytime.
Aleem Dar said “we all know the importance of Shahadat finger in religion Islam so keeping that in my mind I never used my right and always used my left hand for decisions as I can be wrong anytime”.
Shahadat finger is the first finger of the right hand which every Muslim use while offering prayers. Keeping the importance of this finger in the mind, Aleem Dar always uses his left hand for giving decision.
Three times ICC Umpire of the year (2009, 2010 & 2011) Aleem Dar was also immaculate throughout the World Cup 2011 as none of his decisions were proved wrong by the Decision Review System (DRS). A total of 57 reviews were taken against Dar in the World Cup and amazingly none of his decisions were proved wrong by the technology.
Aleem Dar was born in 1968 in Jhang, Punjab. He played 17 first class matches and scored 270 runs at an average if 11.73, he also took 11 wickets.