ICC T20 World Cup 2022: Nitin Menon Among 16 Umpires Named For 2022 T20 World Cup

Nitin Menon, an official from India, will be one of the 16 officials overseeing the ICC T20 World Cup in Australia. The lone Indian member of the ICC Elite Panel, Menon, has already arrived in Australia.

The First Round and Super 12s stages of the competition will include 20 match officials, as per the ICC.

A total of 16 umpires will preside over the competition; the umpires in charge of 2021 final, in which the hosts of this year’s event won their first ICC Men’s T20 World Cup championship, were Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumar Dharmasena, and Marais Erasmus.

The 16 officials chosen for this competition, which was played in the United Arab Emirates and Oman last year, are a seasoned group.

Ranjan Madugalle, the Chief Referee of the Emirates ICC Elite Panel of Match Referees, is one of four former international cricket players who will serve as match officials for the eighth T20 World Cup. They are joined by Australian David Boon, Zimbabwean Andrew Pycroft, and Englishmen Christopher Broad and Madugalle from Sri Lanka.

Nitin Menon is the only Indian on the ICC Elite Panel:

The lone Indian member of the ICC Elite Panel, Menon, has already arrived in Australia.

When Sri Lanka plays Namibia in the first round of the competition on October 16 in Geelong, Pycroft will be in command of the match. Joel Wilson and Rodney Tucker will serve as the middle umpires. The fourth umpire, Paul Reiffel, will serve as the TV umpire with Erasmus.

Aleem Dar, Erasmus, and Tucker will all be playing in their seventh ICC Men’s T20 World Cup, and Langton Rusere will be officiating in his second World Cup of the year after officiating in the ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup 2022, where he also served as reserve umpire for the tournament’s championship match.

When Australia and New Zealand begin the Super 12 round on October 22 in Sydney, Rusere will serve as the TV umpire. Rusere will be joined by Richard Illingworth, Adrian Holdstock, and Dharmasena (on-field) in the match, which is a rematch of the 2021 championship game (fourth umpire).

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

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