Reporter was born in
Bombay on 24 September 1938. He started his career with the
Maharashtra State Electricity Board. He responded to an advertisement by the then-
Bombay Cricket Association calling for umpires. He 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. His first match as an umpire in a domestic
Ranji Trophy match was at the age of 29. In 1984, he made his international umpiring debut in both
Test matches and
one day internationals (ODI), standing in 14 Tests and 22 ODI's until 1994. His first test match was in 1984 in Delhi, where he officiated the test between India and England, while his last test was also between the two teams, in Mumbai (then Bombay), in 1993. In 1986, Reporter and
V.K. Ramaswamy became the first neutral umpires from India when they stood in a Test match featuring
Pakistan and
West Indies in
Lahore. This was the first time neutral umpires had officiated in a Test since 1912. Reporter was the only Indian umpire to officiate in the
1992 Cricket World Cup that was held in Australia and New Zealand. and was known as "PD" in the cricketing fraternity. The method by which Reporter signalled a boundary had been called "Milkshake" by
cricket commentator Henry Blofeld. His autobiography,
An Umpire Remembers, was published by
Rupa & Company in 2004. In 1993, Reporter was allegedly paid to give his assessment of the pitch prior to a test in Calcutta to bookie Mukesh Gupta. == Personal life ==