ICC announce Match Officials for the 1st Round Of T20 World Cup 2024

International Cricket Council (ICC) announced the match officials for the 1st round of the upcoming T20 World Cup 2024. The prestigious tournament is set to begin on the 2nd of June with a group-stage match between the United States and Canada. On the other side, Team India will start their campaign on the 5th of June against Ireland in New York under Rohit Sharma. Umpires Nitin Menon and Jayaraman Madanagopal alongside ICC match referee Javagal Srinath will be the Indian representatives for the first round of the competition.

ICC announced the list of 26 match officials for the first round which is going to be held in the United States of America (USA) and the West Indies. There will be 20 umpires who will be officiating in 55 matches across nine venues, which also include some great ICC umpires, Richard Illingworth, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, and Paul Reiffel.

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Nitin Menon, Madanagopal, and Javagal Srinath will be the Indian representatives

Sam Nogajski, Allahudien Paleker, Rashid Riaz, Madanagopal, and Asif Yaqoob will be making their ICC senior men's competition debut. Ranjan Madugalle, Jeff Crowe, and Andrew Pycroft will also be among the renowned ones besides Srinath as the match referees.

“Within the selected cohort, we have a complement of experienced match officials and other high-performing members who have been recognized for their strong and consistent performances," said ICC General Manager, Wasim Khan, in an ICC release. “We are proud of the team we have assembled. We are confident that our officials will perform strongly," he added.

Umpires: Chris Brown, Kumar Dharmasena, Chris Gaffaney, Michael Gough, Adrian Holdstock, Richard Illingworth, Allahudien Paleker, Richard Kettleborough, Jayaraman Madanagopal, Nitin Menon, Sam Nogajski, Ahsan Raza, Rashid Riaz, Paul Reiffel, Langton Rusere, Shahid Saikat, Rodney Tucker, Alex Wharf, Joel Wilson and Asif Yaqoob.

Match Referees: David Boon, Jeff Crowe, Ranjan Madugalle, Andrew Pycroft, Richie Richardson, and Javagal Srinath.