Piloo Dara Reporter was an Indian international cricket umpire who umpired in 14 Test matches and 22 One Day Internationals in a career spanning three decades.
10 Facts About Piloo Reporter
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Piloo Reporter was among the first of the two neutral umpires, in modern cricket, when he officiated in a Test match between Pakistan and the West Indies in Lahore in 1986.
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Piloo Reporter started his career with the Maharashtra State Electricity Board.
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Piloo Reporter responded to an advertisement by the then-Bombay Cricket Association calling for umpires.
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Piloo Reporter failed the tests initially, but, later made it as an umpire with the association and started by officiating as an umpire in the domestic circuit.
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Piloo Reporter was from the Parsi community and was known as "PD" in the cricketing fraternity.
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The method by which Piloo Reporter signalled a boundary had been called "Milkshake" by cricket commentator Henry Blofeld.
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In 1993, Piloo Reporter was allegedly paid to give his assessment of the pitch prior to a test in Calcutta to bookie Mukesh Gupta.
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Piloo Reporter's sister, Madhumati, was an actress in Bollywood movies and was a dancer.
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Piloo Reporter had been diagnosed with a cerebral contusion earlier.