New Delhi: Just few days ahead of the T20 World Cup 2022, International Council Of Cricket (ICC) on Tuesday announced the umpiring panel who will officiate in the marquee tournament. The umpiring panel includes India's Nitin Menon, who has been included in the list of 16 umpires selected for the T20 World Cup 2022 in Australia. Nitin has emerged as India's best umpire in recent times and as per a report in PTI he has already reached Australia.
The ICC has announced 20 match officials for the First Round and Super 12s stage of the tournament.
"In total, 16 umpires will officiate across the tournament with Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus having been the umpires in charge of the 2021 final which saw this year's hosts claim their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup title," the ICC said in a statement.
"It is an experienced group of umpires, with the same 16 selected as last year’s tournament which was held in the United Arab Emirates and Oman." Chief Referee of the ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, Ranjan Madugalle, is part of a quartet of former international cricketers who make up the match referees for the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup.
T20 World Cup 2022 opener will be officiated by Pycroft on October 16 when Sri Lanka takes on Namibia with Joel Wilson and Rodney Tucker the umpires in the middle. Paul Reiffel will act as the TV umpire with Erasmus, occupying the role of the fourth umpire.
Erasmus, Tucker and Aleem Dar are all set to appear in their seventh ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.
"Officials have been named for the entirety of the First Round and Super 12s, with the selections for the semi-finals and final of the tournament to be named in due course," the ICC added.
Match Officials at the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022
Match Referees: Andrew Pycroft, Christopher Broad, David Boon, Ranjan Madugalle Umpires: Adrian Holdstock, Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza, Christopher Brown, Christopher Gaffaney, Joel Wilson, Kumara Dharmasena, Langton Rusere, Marais Erasmus, Michael Gough, Nitin Menon, Paul Reiffel, Paul Wilson, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Rodney Tucker.