Rana made his international debut as an umpire in 1974 at Lahore, the city that had become his hometown.
Rana accused Gatting of cheating, while earlier in the series he had put on a Pakistan shirt during the match.
[2] The argument stopped the match, and footage of the English cricket captain and the umpire shouting at each other with fingers pointed in each other's faces was widely broadcast.
[3] Shakoor refused to stand again in that Test until he received an unconditional apology from Gatting for the language used in the dispute.
Gatting was threatened with being stripped of the England captaincy and was forced into issuing a written apology to Rana.