Umpire Steve Bucknor [ Images ] returned to duty in the first Test between South Africa [ Images ] and Bangladesh in Dhaka on Friday.

It is the West Indies [ Images ] umpire's first assignment since being embroiled in controversy last month.

The 61-year-old Jamaican was dropped by the International Cricket Council [ Images ] from the India [ Images ]- Australia [ Images ] Test series following pressure from India, who criticised his performance in their 122-run defeat against the hosts in Sydney [ Images ].

Widely respected and instantly recognisable, Bucknor had umpired a record 120 Test matches, as well as 167 one-day games, before being dropped.

Only David Shepherd of England [ Images ] and Rudi Koertzen [ Images ] of South Africa have umpired more one-day internationals.

Bucknor has also stood in five successive World Cup finals.