T20 World Cup 2022: Announcement of match referees and umpires for the World Cup

T20 World Cup 2022: The International Cricket Council (ICC) has announced the match officials for the ICC T20 World Cup 2022. A total of 20 officials, including match referees and umpires, have been selected, including 16 umpires and 4 match referees.

One Indian is also included in the umpires, whose name is Nitin Menon. Nitin Menon is the only umpire from India, who is part of the ICC’s elite panel, to have reached Australia.

Announcement of 20 Match Officials for First Round and Super 12 Stage :-

The ICC has announced 20 match officials for the first round of the tournament and the Super 12 phase. The ICC said in its press release, “In total, 16 umpires will officiate in the tournament, including Richard Kettleborough, Nitin Menon, Kumara Dharmasena and Marais Erasmus, who were the umpires for the 2021 final. Won the last tournament.”

These will be the match referees of the ICC Elite Panel :-

ICC Elite Panel’s match referee Ranjan Madugalle, part of a quartet of former international cricketers, will be the match referee for the eighth edition of the T20 World Cup. Along with Sri Lankan Madugalle, Zimbabwe’s Andrew Pycroft, England’s Christopher Broad and Australia’s David Boon will also be the match referees at the mega event.

Pycroft will take over as referee for the tournament’s opening match in Geelong on 16 October, when Sri Lanka take on Namibia in the first round, with Joel Wilson and Rod Tucker as the on-field umpires.

Paul Rifel will serve as the fourth umpire and with Erasmus as the TV umpire. Erasmus, Tucker and Aleem Dar are all set to feature in their seventh ICC Men’s T20 World Cup.

Match Referee :-

Andrew Pycroft, Christopher Broad, David Boon and Ranjan Madugalle

Umpires :-

Adrian Holdstock, Aleem Dar, Ahsan Raza, Christopher Brown, Christopher Gaffani, Joel Wilson, Kumara Dharmasena, Langton Russere; Marais Erasmus, Michael Gough, Nitin Menon, Paul Reiffel, Paul Wilson, Richard Illingworth, Richard Kettleborough, Rodney Tucker.

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