Allahudien Paleker

Allahudien Paleker (born 1 January 1978) is a South African cricket umpire and former cricketer of Maharashtrian descent with roots tracing back to Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra, India.As an umpire,he has stood in matches in the 2015–16 Ram Slam T20 Challenge. Quotes He told me, if you are interested in umpiring, take it up as soon as your playing career ends, Don’t waste time by trying other things. It was the best advice I ever got. Technology is excellent, and it is helping the umpires, but robots cannot be Umpires, you need a human to be out there, Umpiring is something I always wanted to do, I always knew, as it runs in the family, Technology is excellent, and it is helping the umpires, but robots cannot be Umpires, you need a human to be out there I visited my village for five weeks for a marriage. I enjoyed my time there and even played for my village's team during a local cricket tournament. We played cricket on huge fields with long green grass on the outside. There was volleyball on one end of the field and cricket on the other. I really have fond memories of playing cricket back in 2000, The Palekers Have It In Them’: Johannesburg Test Umpire Talks Of His Indian Roots, January 2022, ABPlive by Zeeshan Kaskar External links Category:1978 births Category:Cricketers from South Africa Category:Living people