Richard Illingworth And Richard Kettleborough Will Officiate On-Field in The World Cup Final
IND vs AUS ODI World Cup 2023: Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough will officiate on-field in the World Cup final. The final match of World Cup 2023 will be played between India vs Australia. In this match, both the teams will play at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad from 2 pm Indian time.
Richard And Kettleborough Were Included in Umpiring:-
ICC has announced the umpires for this big match. The ICC has included England’s Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough for on-field umpiring during the match.
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This will be the second match for Richard Kettleborough, who officiated in the 2015 ODI World Cup final. His partner during that time was Kumar Dharmasena.
A Big Match Will Be Playing Between India vs Australia:-
That game was watched by over 93,000 spectators. However, this number will probably go higher as the big match between India vs Australia will be played on Sunday.
India’s journey in the World Cup 2023 has been very good so far. The team has performed well and won all the matches played in the league stage including the semi-finals. Whereas Australia had to face defeat in the first two matches.
But the Australian team played well in all the matches and won. Now it will be interesting to see which team will prevail over whom in the final.
Part Of India’s Five Previous Major ICC Knockout Defeats:-
Talking about Richard Kettleborough, he has been a part of India’s five previous major ICC knockout defeats. The Indian team had lost in the 2014 T20 World Cup final, 2016 T20 World Cup semi-final, 2015 ODI World Cup semi-final, 2017 Champions Trophy final and 2019 World Cup semi-final.
The special thing is that on all these five occasions the field umpire was Richard Kettleborough. Now once again he has been appointed umpire for the 2023 World Cup final.
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Therefore, these statistics can scare the Indian fans, but given the form Team India is in, many such Coincidence Fails are visible.
