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On Sunday, during the game between Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) and Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) in the ongoing Indian Premier League (IPL) 2020, on-field Indian umpire Paschim Pathak grabbed everyone’s attention with his unique hairstyle.
It was the first match of Sunday’s doubleheader, and social media started buzzing about Pathak’s shoulder-length hair and his odd stance of standing behind the stumps.
Pathak has officiated in Indian domestic cricket since 2009. In 2015, he became first Indian umpire to wear a helmet while umpiring in a match during the Vijay Hazare Trophy. The 39💙-year-old has also been the reserve umpire for 2 Tests and 3 ODIs in India.
As soon as Pathak stepped on the field, the netizens noticed his haircut and he soon started trending on the social networking sites. Fans even started comparing him with former India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, who had long hair during the 🌌initial phase of his international career.
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Paschim pathak: who played well Between SRH and KKR
Inspired from MSD— Ajay Kumar (@Prof_Goyal)
Umpire in Today's match
— SiD (@wakeupsiduu)
Bairstow standing like꧋ a umpire and the Umpire standin🃏g like a wicket-keeper.
— Kaushik (@iamkaushik24)
Remember the name.
Paschim Pathak.
Quite a character.— Indranil Roy 🇮🇳 (@indraroy)
Paschim Pathak I thought was actually the first ever lady umpire to officiate i🎐n the IPL before I saw his name 😂😂
— Udit (@udit_buch)
//twitter.com/Railway_Poorna/status🐭/1317782847059496965
Tahir Shah as an umpire?
— K10 (@ketanpunekarrr)
Umpire looking li💙ke a rocks💖tar and he is standing like old version of umpires.
— Johns. (@CricCrazyJohns)
is one of the most respected umpire of and .
He ⛄was also in a match officials team of 2011 Cricket World Cup final match
Such individuals are encouraging youngsters to take this unenviable joಞb.
— Abhishek Shekhawat (@abhi07cricket)
His name is Paschim Pathak.
— Ishm (@DonEsQue)
//twitter.com/Fite4𝓡cause♓/status/1317799403210469376
Hair goals bro. Ladkiyaan bhi sharma jaayegi 😛
Umpire Paschim Pathak 😎
Baal bhi mast, naam bhi mast 😂
— Vinesh Prabhu (@vlp1994)
That's a male umpire, folks. His name is Paschim Pathak.
He is also the fi✃rst Indian umpi𓄧re to wear a helmet while umpiring in a match.
— Biraj Lahkar (@birajlahkar)
//twitter.com/yashh♛h1234/status/1317800021220159488
Umpire : Naayak nahi Kalnaayak hu mein 😎
— chaithu (@6eChaithu)
//twitter.com/Aryansoodking/status/1317803ꩲ2ꦰ09172209664
Bobby Deol is so talented 😭😭😭
— Monil Saxena (@MonilSaxena21)
This Paschim Pathak’s hairstyle reminds🧜 me of someone
— @ravimaestri (@ravimaestri)
Love this new L'Oreal ad.
— Trendulkar (@Trendulkar)
Part time DJ part time Umpire feels !
Who says Umpires are all boring type.
Loved his look loved Umpire's hair !
Is it just me or someone else feel the same ?Paschim Pathak 🤟
— Geetika🏏 (@Geetikatuli)
When you wanted to be a Rocks🅠tar but parental p🍬ressure forced you to be an Umpire.
— mon (@4sacinom)
In the match, KKR posted 163/5 on the scoreboard in their allotted 20 overs. In reply, SRH equalled the score and the game went down to the Super Over.
KKR eventually won the match as Lockie Ferguson conceded just two runs in the Super Over which the Eoin Morgan-led side chased down easily.
