{{Short description|Indian cricket umpire (born 1964)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2014}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Sameer Bandekar | image = | country = India | fullname = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|10|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = India | death_date = | death_place = | batting = | role = Umpire
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| date = 15 June 2022 | source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/sameer-bandekar-26846 ESPNcricinfo }} '''Sameer Bandekar''' (born 29 October 1964) is an Indian cricket umpire who currently represents the United States. The first international match that Bandekar officiated in was a women's One Day International (ODI) in 1997. He stood in his first men's ODI match in 2002.<ref name="Cricinfo">{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/usa/content/player/26846.html |title=Sameer Bandekar |access-date=16 May 2014 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref> He later emigrated to the United States, and was elected to the ICC Associates and Affiliates Umpire Panel in 2015. He stood in matches in the 2015 ICC Americas Twenty20 Division One tournament. He umpired in his first men's Twenty20 International (T20I) on 22 December 2021, between United States and Ireland.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/1291187.html |title=1st T20I, Lauderhill, Dec 22 2021, Ireland tour of United States of America and West Indies |access-date=24 December 2021 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref>
In January 2022, Bandekar was named as one of the on-field umpires for the 2022 ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.icc-cricket.com/media-releases/2443408 |title=Match officials named for ICC U19 Men's Cricket World Cup |work=International Cricket Council |access-date=11 January 2022}}</ref>
==See also== * List of One Day International cricket umpires * List of Twenty20 International cricket umpires
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