Not all headlines generated in the IPL are due to players. Sometimes it’s the owners, fans, mystery girls, and even dogs that invade the pitch that come into the spotlight. But on Sunday, it was referee Paschim Pathak who created quite a stir. And the reason behind this was not an arbitration error. It was all because of the hairstyle he wore.
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Pathak, 42, is part of the BCCI referee panel, with shoulder-length hair with touches of curls. By the time she took to the field during the Sunrisers Hyderabad – Kolkata Knight Riders game on Sunday, Twitter went into a frenzy, some believed the inspiration behind the hair could be MS Dhoni (due to her initial long hair look), the Ranbir Kapoor’s look at his 2011 blockbuster ‘Rockstar’. Heck, some even compared Pathak to Taher Shah, the Pakistani singer and music producer, whose hairstyle is strikingly similar.
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Here are some tweets from Twitter users, who were clearly shocked by Pathak’s hairstyle.
“This referee Paschim Pathak looks like Taher Shah and sounds like SRT,” another user tweeted.
“When you wanted to be a Rockstar but parental pressure forced you to referee,” said one Twitter user.
This is not the first time Pathak has made headlines. In March 2016, Pathak baffled spectators when he wore a helmet and officiated during an ICC World T20 warm-up game between a Mumbai Cricket Association XI and an England XI in Mumbai.
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