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Inzamam hits out at Warne for criticising umpire Aleem Dar

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"The way I look at it Warne has targeted Aleem Dar just to gain cheap publicity. That is all," Inzamam told Geo Super channel.

"He (Warne) tried to pander to Indians," he added.

The Former Australian cricketer turned commentator had lashed out Dar due to umpiring errors and poor decisions taken by him during the ongoing Test series between India and England.

"Players get dropped if they have poor form, Aleem Dar has had 2 shockers in India & always has been a bad decision maker! Poor umpire...," tweeted Warne, who is in India nowadays for commentary in the India-England series.

 

Inzamam called on the International Cricket Council (ICC) to take action against the legendary spinner.

"I have never seen a better umpire than Aleem Dar in my entire cricket career," Inzamam insisted.

He was also not happy with the Indian captain, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's remarks about the umpiring in the second Test at Mumbai, which was convincingly won by England by 10 wickets.

"I think it would be best for Dhoni to try to convince his board to use the Umpires Decision Review System (DRS) instead of criticising the umpires," said the ex-skipper. (MORE)

  

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First Published: Nov 28 2012 | 8:35 PM IST

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